IDENTIFIERS
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id:	30153
accession number:	M.5-1943

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 16 March 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Wood, carved almost completely in the round, gessoed, and polychromed, with remnants of extensive gilidng.  St Christopher, bearded, wearing a long mantle over his short tunic, wades into a stream, which covers his left foot. His right foot rests on a rock, and both legs are bare. His mantle is fastened on his chest by a large clasp. The Christ child is seated astride the saint's shoulders, the left foot being held by the saint's left hand. The child's right arm and left hand together with the saint's right hand are lost. There is a large iron nail in the stream. The reverse is painted opaque pale blue and has the remains of a fixing.  The pedestal was made separately from the figure.
title:	figure group

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by Mrs Sigismund Goetze

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/30153

PEOPLE
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St Christopher
child

SUBJECTS
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wading
stream
rock
wading
stream
rock



TECHNIQUES
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wood, carved in the round,  polychromed, and gilded
carving

CATEGORIES
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category: sculpture

DATING
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creation date:	1500 - 1500
creation date earliest:	1500
creation date latest:	1500
culture:	16th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 12.5

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 60.2

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 21.6



CITATIONS
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Splendours of Flanders
Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum
European Sculpture, 7th July 1998
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