Identification title(s): saint christopher with the christ child on belle-île-en-mer. Belle-île (original title). Object type: print object number: rp-p-1952-1064. Catalog reference: schelfhout 148-1(1). Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 2228collector's mark, recto, stamped: lugt 5i. Description: the coast of the breton island of belle-île-en-mer with cliffs and a rock pillar. Christopher wades through the sea in front of the rock pillar. He carries the christ child on his shoulders. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: lodewijk schelfhout (signed in his own hand), printer: n. V. Roeloffzen & hübner. Dated: 1927. Physical characteristics: drypoint on zinc. Material: paper technique: drypoint. Dimensions: plate edge: h 297 mm × w 248 mm. Subject: what: rocky coast. St. Christopher, with the infant christ on his shoulders, wading through the water and carrying his staff (palm-tree); sometimes a hermit stands on the further bench beside a chapel, a lantern in his hand. Where: belle-île-en-mer. Credit line: purchase from the f. G. Waller fund. Acquisition: purchase 1952. Date: 1927.
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