St Jerome is shown sitting at a makeshift table in the wilderness. There is an open book on the table as well as a crucifix. Although his status is betrayed by the cardinal's vestments, he is shown with a naked torso and his grey beard hangs down in long
St Jerome is shown sitting at a makeshift table in the wilderness. There is an open book on the table as well as a crucifix. Although his status is betrayed by the cardinal's vestments, he is shown with a naked torso and his grey beard hangs down in long swathes. In the expansive landscape behind a caravan of pack animals is shown arriving at a building.
[Görres, cda 2016]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Pérez Simón Collection, revised 2013] |
- Production date
- about 1515
Production date
| about 1515 | [Pérez Simón Collection, revised 2013] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 68 x 57.5 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 68 x 57.5 cm
Dimensions including frame: 80 x 70 x 7 cm
[Pérez Simón Collection, revised 2013]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia on the left support of the table: winged serpent with elevated wings facing left; in black paint.
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia on the left support of the table: winged serpent with elevated wings facing left; in black paint.
[Pérez Simón Collection, revised 2013]
- Inscriptions and Labels
Reverse of the panel and frame:
- top centre:
in chalk: 'CRANACH' - centre:
in chalk: 'ND704' - bottom left:
in chalk: 'LOT 91 8 …Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Reverse of the panel and frame:
- top centre:
in chalk: 'CRANACH'
- centre:
in chalk: 'ND704'
- bottom left:
in chalk: 'LOT 91 8 / 7 / 94'
Labels (7):
- top left on frame:
- 'ST03' (handwritten with black ink left on frame)
- 'Royal Academy of Arts, London [/] Cranach [/] 8 March 2008 to 8 June 2008 [/]
Lucas Cranach the Elder Key No. 129 Cat. No. 54 [/] St Jerome Writing in a Landscape [/] Pérez Simón Collection, Mexico'
- 'HAB [/] F70'
- top left on support:
- 'HAB [/] F70 [/] F
- bottom left on frame:
- '672' (handwritten with green ink marker)
- 'Sanborns [/] HELIGE HIERONYMUS SC [/] 000000010633 [/] [bar code] [/]
0010633'
- bottom left on support:
- 'Sanborns [/] San Jerónimo escribiendo [/] [bar code] [/] RED: 106337'
*Please view the photography of the verso sent with this document.
[Pérez Simón Collection, revised 2013]
- Owner
- Pérez Simón Collection, Mexico City
- Repository
- Pérez Simón Collection, Mexico City
- Location
- Mexico City
- CDA ID
- MX_JAPS_10633
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/MX_JAPS_10633/
- top centre:
