The Penance of St. John Chrysostom
date: label: Date
content: before 1495
name: label: Artist
content: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A woman (S. Genevieve) is represented nude and seated on the ledge of a large rock, nursing a child held in her left arm. In the background, left, S. John Chrysostom is shown walking on all fours, as mark of penance.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Leo Wallerstein
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1950-131-151
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 18.3 x 12.1 cm (7 3/16 x 4 3/4 in.)