# Saint Christopher, in Hans Holbein the Younger's contemporaries

Lucas Cranach the Elder made this in 1506, aged 34. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> The giant Christopher wades through a river with the Christ Child, leaning on his staff, while a village and mountains rise in the background.

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## The work

- Date: 1506
- Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut printed in brown-orange and black
- Type: Print
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1943.3.2858
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Lucas Cranach the Elder](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/lucas-cranach-the-elder), German, 1472–1553

Cranach worked in Vienna before becoming court painter to the Electors of Saxony at Wittenberg in 1505, a post he held for decades.

4 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Lucas Cranach the Elder](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/lucas-cranach-the-elder?hang=748) (4 works)
- [More Northern Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/northern-renaissance?hang=748) (62 works)
- [16th-century Germany](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-germany?hang=748) (28 works)

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