Albrecht DÜRER

St Jerome Curing the Lion
1492
title-page for Epistolare beati Hieronymi, Basel, 2nd edn, 1492

Medium

woodcut

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

St Jerome curing the lion is the earliest woodcut that is securely attributed to Albrecht Dürer, and dates from his time in Basel. The woodblock, made of soft pearwood and signed by the artist, still exists in the Basel University Library. A founding father of the Roman Catholic Church, St Jerome was the first to translate the Bible into Latin, known as the Vulgate. This is illustrated here with the opening words of Genesis shown in Hebrew, Greek and Latin.

Artwork Details

Medium

woodcut

Measurements

19.2 × 13.5 cm (image) 19.5 × 14.0 cm (sheet)

Catalogue/s Raisonné

M.227; Holl.227; K.22; S.W.10; Barlow (1935) 53; T.17; P.414

Inscription

Without monogram

Accession Number

3642.1-4

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

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Albrecht DÜRER

St Jerome Curing the Lion
1492
title-page for Epistolare beati Hieronymi, Basel, 2nd edn, 1492