Saint Christopher Carrying the Infant Christ

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A painting shows a man carrying a child on his shoulder. The man has short gray hair and wears a red garment over a white, collared shirt with puffy sleeves. He holds a long staff in his left hand which is raised above his head. His right hand supports the child. The child is naked with curly hair and sits on the man's left shoulder. The child looks down. The man looks up at the child. The background is dark brown.