# Saint Crosspatch

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ANTHONISZ, Cornelis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/anthonisz-cornelis-re6174dcee204a0>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Woodcut, hand-coloured, 229 x 202 mm

## Commentary

Saint Crosspatch c. 1550 Woodcut, hand-coloured, 229 x 202 mm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This satirical, hand-coloured woodcut was made after a design by Cornelis Anthonisz. It is a parody in word and image, a parody of a devotional print in which a saint is depicted along with the prayers addressed to him or her. The woman riding on the ass with a halo around her head is a mock saint, not a real one. She is called St Crosspatch.

## Related artworks

- [Banquet of Members of Amsterdam&#39;s Crossbow Civic Guard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/anthonisz-cornelis-re6174dcee204a0/banquet-of-members-of-amsterdams-crossbow-civic-guard-r5d67515fc0a349>)
- [Henry VIII of England on Horseback](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/anthonisz-cornelis-re6174dcee204a0/henry-viii-of-england-on-horseback-rd0f650808a1a94>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)