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
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 himslf on the chest. The lion - his attribute - stands at his side.
- Attributions
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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] |
- 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/
