Saint Christopher

Prints and Drawings

1665/77

Wallerant Vaillant (Dutch, 1623-1677)
after Cornelis van Poelenburch (Dutch, 1594/95-1667)
after Adam Elsheimer (German, 1578-1610)

Wallerant Vaillant served as Prince Rupert’s artistic collaborator beginning in 1658. He produced his own mezzotints after several of Rupert’s compositions, including the Standard Bearer. Vaillant’s introspective Saint Christopher glows ever brighter with the burnished addition of stars in the sky above the saint carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. The Art Institute of Chicago collection also includes a working proof impression of this print, which contains soft diagonal lines that are are remnants of the preliminary rocking stage during the plate’s preparation.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Wallerand Vaillant
Title: Saint Christopher
Place: Netherlands (Artist's nationality)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1665–1677
Medium: Mezzotint in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 16.9 × 21.9 cm (6 11/16 × 8 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection
Reference Number: 1967.34b
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Hollstein Vol. XXXI, 36 I/II

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