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Hieronymus Bosch / Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child
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Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child

1500 · Oil on panel

The giant Saint Christopher wades across a river bearing the Christ Child on his shoulders, past a bizarre, dreamlike landscape typical of Bosch.

ArtistHHieronymus Bosch
MuseumMMuseum Boijmans Van Beuningen
MovementNNorthern Renaissance
LocationRotterdam, Netherlands
Genrereligious art
Dimensions113 × 71.5 cm
SourceWikidata Q2565646
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