Artist: Albrecht Altdorfer (German, c. 1480-1538)
Title: Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child
Medium: Antique copper plate engraving on laid paper after the original by Renowned Master Engraver Amand Durand (1831-1905).
Signature: Signed in the plate, upper center.
Reference: Winzinger 100.124; New Hollstein 27.e.20; Hollstein I.166.20; Bartsch VIII.48.19; Waldmann 50
Dimensions: Approximately 10 x 11 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
St Christopher carrying the blessing Christ Child; with landscape and town, and sun emanating rays in background.
This an original Amand Durand print from the 1800’s. Prints of old masters by Amand Durand have gotten quite expensive. Durands plates were so good that many of the etchings and engravings that he made were sold as the original etchings by Rembrandt, Durer, Goya, Rubens and other old Masters.