Saint Christopher

between 1518 and 1520

Lucas Cranach the Elder German, 1472-1553

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European: Medieval and Renaissance, Level 2, West Wing

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About the Artwork

Title Saint Christopher

Artwork Date between 1518 and 1520

Artist Lucas Cranach the Elder

Life Dates 1472-1553

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. German

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Oil on linden panel

Dimensions Unframed: 16 1/2 × 11 inches (41.9 × 27.9 cm) Framed: 17 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 1 5/8 inches (44.5 × 29.9 × 4.1 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit Gift of Edward F. Fisher

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 61.397

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Provenance

In 1883, Baron Hugo von Mecklenburg auf Pantlitz (Berlin, Germany)
June 3, 1919, his estate auction (Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auktionhaus)(Berlin, Germany) lot 73;
July 27, 1928, sold by (Christie's, London, England) auction Garnier, lot 40;
private collection (New York, New York, USA);
(art market, Berlin, Germany);
1932, private collection (Potsdam, Germany);
(Böhler and Steinmeyer, Munich, Germany and New York, New York, USA);
(Howard Young Galleries, New York, New York, USA);
by 1939, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fisher (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1961-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Gemälde alter Meister Antiquitäten: aus dem Nachlaß des Freiherrn Hugo von Mecklenburg auf Pantlitz und Beiträge aus anderem Privatbesitz. Sales cat., Rudolph Lepke’s Kunst-Auctions-Haus. Berlin, June 3, 1919, p. 10, no. 73 (pl. 1) (ill.).

Catalogue of Old Pictures from Various Sources, also Old Pictures: The Property of J. Carpenter Garnier, Esq. Sales cat. Christie, Manson & Woods. London, July 27, 1928, p. 7, no. 40.

Friedländer, Max J. and Jakob Rosenberg. Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach. Berlin, 1932, p. 48, no. 97.

Masterpieces of Art: Exhibition at the New York World’s Fair 1939. Exh. cat., New York World’s Fair. New York, 1939, addenda, no. 62. [Included in "Revised and Enlarged Edition Complete Catalogue of the Paintings and Sculpture Masterpieces of Art (by galleries)"]

The Institute Collects: A Selective Survey of Additions to the Collection 1959–1964. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1965, p. 14.

Friedländer, Max J. and Jakob Rosenberg. The Paintings of Lucas Cranach. New York, 1978, pp. 91–92 (ill.).

Morse, John D. Old Master Paintings in North America: Over 3000 Masterpieces by 50 Great Artists. New York, 1979, p. 84.

Weschenfelder, Klaus. Cranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg. Regensburg, 2018, p. 56, note 10.

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