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        "accession_number": "1941.40",
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        "tombstone": "Saint Christopher, c. 1509. Lucas Cranach (German, 1472\u20131553). Chiaroscuro woodcut. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Ralph King, 1941.40",
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        "title": "Saint Christopher",
        "creation_date": "c. 1509",
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        "creation_date_latest": 1514,
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        "culture": [
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        "technique": "chiaroscuro woodcut",
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        "department": "Prints",
        "collection": "PR - Chiaroscuro",
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        "state_of_the_work": "IIe/Iie",
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        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 301359,
                    "title": "The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review",
                    "description": "<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).",
                    "opening_date": "1970-01-14T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 309886,
                    "title": "Printing in Color",
                    "description": "<i>Printing in Color</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).",
                    "opening_date": "1985-09-10T04:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 184690,
                    "title": "Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection",
                    "description": "<i>Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).",
                    "opening_date": "2003-08-17T00:00:00"
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        "description": "In Hans Burgkmair's <em>Emperor Maximilian on Horseback</em>, the black outline and white highlights are printed and the paper is washed blue. In <em>Saint Christopher</em>, however, while the black line block is still printed, color is now printed with a tone block and unprinted areas of the white paper act as highlights. Although <em>Saint Christopher</em> is dated 1506, it was probably made after 1508 when Cranach was granted permission by Duke Friedrich to use the coat of arms with a winged serpent seen hanging from the tree. Further, it was only after the artist returned from a trip to the Netherlands in 1508 that he probably would have learned about the use of a tone block by his rival Burgkmair. He then produced two woodcuts using tone blocks\u2014Saint Christopher and Venus and Cupid\u2014predating them to 1506 to claim the invention of chiaroscuro woodcuts for himself.",
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                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1941.40-saint-christopher"
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        "catalogue_raisonne": "Hollstein 79",
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        "creditline": "Gift of Mrs. Ralph King",
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                "description": "Lucas Cranach (German, 1472\u20131553)",
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        "accession_date": "1941-04-28T00:00:00",
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        "date_text": "c. 1509",
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        "updated_at": "2026-03-26 23:59:57.034000"
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