Circle of Hieronymus Bosch
Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child Through a Sinful World

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Artist Circle of Hieronymus BoschNetherlandish, c. 1450–1516

CultureNetherlandish

Titles

Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child Through a Sinful World

DateEarly 16th century

PlaceNetherlands

MediumOil on panel

Dimensions22 1/2 × 31 1/4 inches (57.2 × 79.4 cm)
Frame (outer): 32 7/8 × 41 3/8 × 4 in. (83.5 × 105.1 × 10.2 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1979.1

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

215 Blaffer Galleries

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceOriginally in the Jerez de la Frontera Convent, Spain; probably in the collection of Marques de Aladro, Principe de Albana, as of 1835; [Edward Speelman, Switzerland]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1979.
Exhibition History"Genre Scenes, Portraits and Still-life: Dutch and Flemish Paintings of the 16th and 17th Centuries," El Paso Museum of Art, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.

"Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders," Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas, Austin, October 27, 2019–January 12, 2020.

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