St Jerome is depicted sitting at a makeshift desk in a forest clearing, where he writes in an open book. There is also a crucifix beside him on the table and athough his status is betrayed by the cardinal's vestments, he is shown with a naked torso. His grey beard
St Jerome is depicted sitting at a makeshift desk in a forest clearing, where he writes in an open book. There is also a crucifix beside him on the table and athough his status is betrayed by the cardinal's vestments, he is shown with a naked torso. His grey beard hangs down in long swathes. In the background at the right a caravan of pack animals is shown arriving at a cloister on the banks of a river, while on the left St Jerome's self-chastisement before the cross is visible. A lion lies behind a tree on the left side of the image. A double coat of arms hangs from the branches of the tree.
[cda 2020]
- Attributions
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Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
| Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 107A] |
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Cat. Auct. Berlin 1937, 14, No. 59] |
- Production date
- after 1515
Production date
| after 1515 | [cda 2020] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 49 x 36 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 49 x 36 cm
[handwritten annotation on the reverse of a b/w photograph, Koepplin Archive] [Cat. Auct. Berlin 1937, 14, No. 59]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia on the log leg of the desk: serpent with dropped wings [probably not genuine, cda 2020]
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia on the log leg of the desk: serpent with dropped wings [probably not genuine, cda 2020]
- Owner
- Private Collection
- Repository
- Private Collection
- CDA ID
- PRIVATE_NONE-P337
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR107A
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P337/
