It was certainly the Buxheim woodcut that inspired the Welsh painter of St Saeran’s Church in Denbighshire to create his fine Saint Christopher. Yet look closely at the saint’s feet. From the little fish of a river in Southern Germany to the abundant, dangerous marine life of coastal Wales!
Otto Dix, persecuted by the Nazi regime, retreated to Lake Constance, where he devoted himself to landscapes and religious subjects. Between 1937 and 1944, Dix produced several versions of Saint Christopher, using them as metaphors for the suffering and uncertainty endured during the dark years of Nazism and the Second World War.
Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child located in the Ovetari Chapel in the Church of the Eremitani in Padua. was rdepicted by Bono from Ferrara. Saint Christopher is a simple man not the colossal saint rappresented by Mantegna.
In the church of Rio Mau in Portugal, (never-before-seen) images of Saint Christopher carrying Christ in his arms, and other images of the martyrdom
In the Ovetari Chapel (bombed) in Padua, several artists worked on the life of Saint Christopher — among them a very young Andrea Mantegna.
A youthful masterpiece by Mantegna, the Martyrdom and Transportation of Saint Christopher in the Ovetari Chapel: between tradition and innovation
Saint Christopher of Flanders in Zepperen (Belgium): Germanic, Iberian and Anglo-French elements combine to create a truly European saint
