St. Christopher carries the baby Jesus Christ

Date: 1495
Medium: oil on board
Location: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Dimensions: 72 x 113

This painting depicts Saint Christopher, traditionally portrayed as a giant carrying the Christ Child on his shoulder across a river. St. Christopher is considered the patron saint of travelers. The child Jesus holds a globe, symbolizing his universal sovereignty.

As with many of Bosch's works, this painting reflects his distinctive style, characterized by fantastical and imaginative elements. The figures and the landscape may include symbolic elements, contributing to the overall allegorical nature of the artwork.

Bosch painted picture St. Christopher carries the baby Jesus Christ in 1495. Prevailing color of this fine art print is brown and its shape is portrait. Original size is 72 x 113. This art piece is located in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Hieronymus Bosch (1450 -1516). Dutch painter whose real name is Jheronimus van Aken (his name is derived from the city s-Hertogenbosch). He came from a family of painters - his grandfather and uncles were all painters. Much of his work is devoted to sin and human moral failure. Bosch painted demons, half-human creatures, to evoke fear and unearth the evil hidden in man. He became famous mainly for his triptychs (the most famous is the Garden of Earthly Delights. He was the first who created and worked with the world of dreams, fantasy creatures, nightmares and fears, as a response to former medieval religious ideas (about deadly sins, a naturally sinful humanity, hell and eternal damnation).