St Jerome

Title

St Jerome

[cda 2015]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2015]

The saint is depicted in a woody landscape as a scholar translating classical Roman christian texts from Hebrew into Latin, as a penitent and as a hermit. For the purposes of self-chastisement he has removed his red cardinal's vestments and holds a stone in his hand with which he beats

Attributions: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and Workshop)

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	[cda 2015]
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and Workshop)	[Sotheby's online database, accessed 25.05.2022] [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 280, no. 172]

Production dates: about 1515 - 1550
about 1515-1520

Production dates

about 1515 - 1550	[cda 2015]
about 1515-1520	[Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 280, No. 172]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 38 x 27.7 x 0..6 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 38 x 27.7 x 0..6 cm
[Heydenreich 2010]

Signature / Dating: None

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P094
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P094/

Provenance

The Kracht family, Zurich
acquired in the 1990s by a Swiss private collection
auctioned at Sotheby's New York, 25.05.2022, lot 7
[Sotheby's online database, accessed 25.05.2022]

Exhibitions

Düsseldorf 2017, no. 172
Innsbruck 2018, no. 8

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Coburg 2018

66, fn. 5

under no. 9

Author	Klaus Weschenfelder
Title	Cranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2018

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Exhib. Cat. Innsbruck 2018

008

Editor	Tiroler Landesmuseen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH, Dr. Wolfgang Meighörner
Title	Cranach Natürlich. Hieronymus in der Wildnis
Place of Publication	Innsbruck
Year of Publication	2018

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Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017

280-281

No. 172

Editor	Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer
Title	Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Cranach. Meister - Marke - Moderne", Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, 08. April 2017 - 30. Juli 2017]
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2017

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Heydenreich 2017 A

Author	Gunnar Heydenreich
Title	Cranach? Fragen der Zuschreibung im Lichte kunsttechnologischer Untersuchungen
Publication	in Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer, eds., Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017]
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2017
Link	https://lucascranach.org/application/files/7316/7870/1704/Heydenreich_2017_Cranach_Fragen_der_Zuschreibung.pdf
Pages	72-81

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St Jerome, about 1515 - 1550

Images

Technical studies

03. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

UV-light photography

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

03. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- fluid, black medium, brush

Type/Ductus:

- relatively freehand underdrawing; the careful execution of the outlines suggests the use of some type of template

- thin lines

- occasional hatching-strokes in the background

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; the lines delineate the main contours, describe the essential details within forms and define the facial features

Deviations:

- minor adjustments were made to the forms during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

2010Technical Examination

Support

- wooden panel with the grain running vertically

- thinned and cradled with two narrow battens attached to the top and bottom edges

Ground and Imprimatura

- white ground with a barb along all edges except the top

Paint Layers and Gilding

- the blue shadow of the white undergarment is underpainted with grey paint

[Heydenreich 2010]

Conservation History

Date2016

removal of the old varnish and many overpaintings

conservation treatment by Ingrid Hopfner

Versions

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