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| Keywords: Italian - St Christopher and the Christ Child - Walters 37590.jpg According to Christian legend a giant helped travelers ford a river He was surprised one evening when a little child appeared asking to be transported to the opposite side of the river The giant was perplexed by the tremendous weight of this small child expressed here in his strained leg muscles The child explained that he was carrying the sins of the world on his shoulders hence the globe that the child holds in his left hand Here the giant responds with ecstatic pleasure to learning that his passager is Christ The giant became known as Christopher which means Christ-bearer Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 285 413-414 late Other date century 16 late Renaissance Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 211 115 5 accession number 37 590 13617 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1881 catalogue no 75 1897 catalogue no 377 as Titan Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Venice Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
