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Agostino Carracci (engraver)
Francesco Brizio (engraver)
Saint Jerome (1600-1602)
engraving
38.9 × 28.0 cm (plate) 39.2 × 28.1 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Professor Peter Tomory, 1992
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Saint Jerome
(1600-1602)
Medium
engraving
Measurements
38.9 × 28.0 cm (plate) 39.2 × 28.1 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Professor Peter Tomory, 1992
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
This work is thought to be Agostino Carracci’s final engraving. Published shortly after his death in an unfinished state, St Jerome was later completed and reissued by Francesco Brizio. In the work, St Jerome is depicted kneeling in profile while striking his chest with a rock in an act of penance. Carracci was strongly influenced by the classicising tendencies of High Renaissance Roman painting, as is evident in his treatment of the saint. The figure’s semi-clad, contorted form is clearly inspired by Michelangelo’s ignudi (nude men) on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and, in turn, the idealised proportions of ancient sculpture.
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bartsch 75
Edition
4th of 4 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: .P.
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: .S.
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: Aug: Caracius faciebat
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: .F.
Accession Number
P47-1992
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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