# Saint Christopher, in 16th-century Germany

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=749) (4 works)
- [More Northern Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/northern-renaissance?hang=749) (62 works)
- [The 16th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16?hang=749) (210 works)

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