Saint Christopher Carrying the Infant Christ by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta — Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. Saint Christopher Carrying the Infant Christ, 1730s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Saint Christopher Carrying the Infant Christ

by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

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Artist: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, Venice 1682–1754 Venice)
Date: 1730s
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 28 1/4 x 22 1/8 in. (71.8 x 56.2 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967
Accession no.: 67.187.90

Provenance

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