1513
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
St. Christopher Crossing the Water with Christ on his Shoulders is a 1513 by Albrecht Altdorfer, a Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a muscular man carrying a small child on his shoulders while wading through rough water. Trees and rocks loom behind them, and the scene looks stormy. The man’s cape billows, and the child holds a staff. The artist packed a lot of movement into the lines—every wave and leaf feels alive. This style was common in Renaissance art, where drama and detail mattered. Next, look up Renaissance to see how this fits into the bigger picture.
Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480 – 12 February 1538) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg. Along with Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber he is regarded to be the main…
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