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DÜRER, Albrecht: St Christopher Facing to the Left

🖼 St Christopher Facing to the Left, 1521
Engraving
119 × 75 cm
New York, USA

Muscular saint strides through rushing water, staff planted firmly, Christ child perched on his broad shoulders in dynamic diagonal composition. Dürer's woodcut demonstrates Northern Renaissance mastery of line and movement, establishing the saint as a protective force traversing spiritual and physical worlds.

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