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Saint Christopher with his head turned back
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Dürer made the engraving “Saint Christopher with his back head” in 1521. The spike, already standing up to the calves in the water, occupies the picture almost completely and gives only a little view of the undulating landscape of the background. Based on his staff, he turns his head astonishingly to look at the boy who weighs heavily on his shoulders. The small Savior is accentuated by a beam nimbus and performs the blessing gesture above the head of the giant. In the course of Christophorus worship, the representations were very popular, so that not only Dürer implemented the motif several times, but it was also copied many times.
Title: Saint Christopher with his head turned back
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Dürer made the engraving “Saint Christopher with his back head” in 1521.
The spike, already standing up to the calves in the water, occupies the picture almost completely and gives only a little view of the undulating landscape of the background.
Based on his staff, he turns his head astonishingly to look at the boy who weighs heavily on his shoulders.
The small Savior is accentuated by a beam nimbus and performs the blessing gesture above the head of the giant.
In the course of Christophorus worship, the representations were very popular, so that not only Dürer implemented the motif several times, but it was also copied many times.
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