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Albrecht Dürer
St Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness (1496) {(Strauss)}
engraving
31.0 × 22.4 cm (image) 31.8 × 22.4 cm (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956
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St Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness
(1496) {(Strauss)}
Medium
engraving
Measurements
31.0 × 22.4 cm (image) 31.8 × 22.4 cm (sheet)
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
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
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