id:			110029
accession number:	1928.633
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St. Christopher, c. 1509. Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553). Chiaroscuro woodcut; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1928.633

title:				St. Christopher
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creation date:			c. 1509
creation date earliest:		1504
creation date latest:		1514
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creditline:			Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland
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culture:	Germany, 16th century
technique:	chiaroscuro woodcut
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Chiaroscuro
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 79

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CREATORS

* Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553)  - artist

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		16th Century Prints from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1935-12-04T05:00:00
	<i>16th Century Prints from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 4-29, 1935).

	title:		Inaugural Exhibition of the New Print Gallery - Prints from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1938-08-10T04:00:00
	<i>Inaugural Exhibition of the New Print Gallery - Prints from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 10-November 13, 1938).

	title:		16th Century German Woodcuts
	opening date:   1939-01-24T05:00:00
	<i>16th Century German Woodcuts</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-February 26, 1939).

	title:		Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
	opening date:   1958-03-03T05:00:00
	<i>Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).

	title:		40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland
	opening date:   1959-12-03T05:00:00
	<i>40th Anniversary Exhibition of the Print Club of Cleveland</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 3, 1959-January 20, 1960).

	title:		The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review
	opening date:   1970-01-14T05:00:00
	<i>The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-March 31, 1970).

	title:		Printing in Color
	opening date:   1985-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Printing in Color</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).

	title:		Albrecht Dürer and His Influence
	opening date:   1991-01-16T05:00:00
	<i>Albrecht Dürer and His Influence</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 16-March 10, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	H. S. F. “The ‘St. Christopher,’ by Lucas Cranach, the Elder.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 16, no. 7 (July 1929): 125–127.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 125-127
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25137228

	Goldfarb, Hilliard T. “Chiaroscuro Woodcut Technique and Andrea Andreani.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 68, no. 9 (November 1981): 307–330.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 308, fig. 2
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159744

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