Saint Jerome, c. 1520
Master of 1518expand_more
Pen and brown inkexpand_more
Gift of funds from The Joseph F. McCrindle Collectionexpand_more 2013.43.3
Not on Viewexpand_more
This design is for a type of stained glass produced in the Low Countries during the early 16th century. The panes were often circular and small. Such a highly finished drawing might have been shown to a patron before work began on the glass itself. The artist was a productive Antwerp Mannerist painter whose works lack signatures or other documentation. Historians assigned the name Master of 1518 based on the date inscribed on one of his altarpieces.
Saint Jerome is shown here as a gaunt, elderly scholar in a monastic setting. Accompanying him is the (charmingly elongated) lion that became his protector after Jerome removed a thorn from the beast’s paw. That tender scene appears in miniature in the background.
Details
- Title
- Saint Jerome
- Artist Life
- Netherlandish, c. 1470–c. 1527
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2013.43.3
- Provenance
- Collection Chavaillon (until 2003; sale, Christophe Sabourin, Paris, May 31, 2003, no. 47, as attributed to Nikolaus Hogenberg, to Martel; [Galerie Monique Martel, Brussels, from 2003; sold to Muller]; [Klaas Muller, Brussels, until 2011; sold to Warshaw]; [Monroe Warshaw, New York, 2011-13]
- Curator Approved
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