Horizontal rectangle. Two scenes on recto: at left a) st. Christopher nearing the left bank of a river, by which a woman stands near a lantern. At right: b) the virgin holds the child standing in her lap. Verso, vertically: c) lucifer stands in his ice block crushing sinners with his teeth. Others wholly covered by ice are at his feet. Dante and virgil are shown in the back, the first is seated. Date: circa 1590. Dimensions: 16.5 x 10.5 cm; ; (6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in). Medium: brown wash, ink, pen, sepia, wash on paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Drawing, Page of a drawing book; St. Christopher; Mary and the Child; Lucifer Appearing to Dante and Virgil, ca. 1590 (CH 18117813-3)
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