Albrecht DÜRER

St Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness
(1496) {(Strauss)}

Medium

engraving

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956

Gallery location: Not on display

About this work

One of Albrecht Dürer’s favourite saints, Jerome is here depicted during his years living in isolation, kneeling before a crucifix and beating his chest with a stone, accompanied by his faithful lion. The image of St Jerome as a penitent was imported by Dürer from Italy, the Northern European tradition being to show the saint removing the thorn from the lion’s paw, or as a scholar in his study, both scenes that Dürer also depicted.

Artwork Details

Medium

engraving

Measurements

31.0 × 22.4 cm (image) 31.8 × 22.4 cm (sheet)

Catalogue/s Raisonné

B.61; M.57; D.11; Holl.57(II); S.E.8; Pan.168; Barlow (1926) 23(ii)

Inscription

With monogram

Accession Number

3475-4

Departments

International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Gallery location

Not on display

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Albrecht DÜRER

St Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness
(1496) {(Strauss)}