Saint Jerome

Saint Jerome
 (1530-1540s)

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on wood panel
Measurements
42.6 × 31.9 cm
Place/s of Execution
Flanders
Accession Number
4590-3
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1932
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
beards deaths Jerome, Saint memento mori men (male humans) mortality skulls (skeleton components) studies (rooms)
Frame
Reproduction, 2003, based on a 15th century Flemish frame

Frame

The former frame on St Jerome appears to be late eighteenth or early nineteenth century French, an Empire style frame in good, original condition.
The cleaning and restoration of the painting in 2002, motivated a re-assessment of the framing.
A new frame, based on a Flemish frame from c1534-1561, was constructed from European oak using pegged mortise and tenon joints, distemper paint and gold leaf.

Frame Details

Framemaker
Reproduction - crafted by the NGV
Date
2003
Materials

European oak, gold leaf and paint.

Dimensions
55.5 x 44.4 x 4 cm. sight 42 x 30.5 cm.

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