Saint Christopher
| Title | Saint Christopher |
|---|---|
| Artist | Andrea Mantegna (Italian, about 1431–1506) |
| Date | c. 1500 15th century |
| Medium | pen and brown ink and blue gouache with brush and green wash and traces of orange gouache, heightened with white gouache |
| Classification | Drawing |
| Origin | Italy, late 15th-early 16th Century Italy |
| Holding institution | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Saint Christopher, c. 1500. Andrea Mantegna (Italian, about 1431–1506). Pen and brown ink and blue gouache with brush and green wash and traces of orange gouache, heightened with white gouache; sheet: 28.6 x 17.4 cm (11 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.); secondary support: 28.7 x 17.6 cm (11 5/16 x 6 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1956.39 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“Saint Christopher” is a work by Andrea Mantegna (Italian, about 1431–1506), dated c. 1500. It is executed in pen and brown ink and blue gouache with brush and green wash and traces of orange gouache, heightened with white gouache and classified as drawing. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Recorded origin: Italy, late 15th-early 16th Century. Browse more public-domain art from Italy.
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