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Christophorus
Christopher
Kunstpalast - Horst Kolberg/ARTOTHEK

Christopher, ca. 1510–1520

ArtistMaster of Ottobeuren, mentioned ca. 1510–1520
MediumLime, polychromy lost
(H x W x D)121 × 46 × 17 cm
Place of originUpper Swabia
Status
not on display
About the workAccording to tradition, Saint Christopher was a ferryman in the Middle East in the fifth century AD. It is said that he once carried the infant Jesus – and with him the whole weight of the world – across a river on his shoulders. He has been venerated as the patron saint of travellers since the Middle Ages. The figure exhibits stylistic innovations that artists in southern Germany had adopted from Italy. These include the standing motif with the left hand placed playfully on the hip and the naturalistic, pronounced physicality. The work is one of the few sculptures in the round by this sculptor, whose name is derived from his altar relief in the church of the Benedictine abbey in Ottobeuren.
AccessionAcquisition 1936
Provenance[...]; bis 6.5.1913 Sammlung Dr. Richard Oertel (1865 - 1943), München/Schloss Miltach, Bayern; 6.5.1913 Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, Versteigerung Dr. Oertel, München, Nr. 43, Tafel 29 f., unverkauft; April 1934 - mind. 30.4.1936 ausgestellt in Alte Deutsche Kunst GmbH, Bremen; 5.5.1936 angekauft von Richard Oertel über Dr. Johannes Jantzen, Alte Deutsche Kunst GmbH, Bremen

Inventory numberP 1936-1
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