Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

c. 1530/1535

Niccolò Boldrini after Titian

Associated Names
Nicolò Boldrini

Artist, Italian, born c. 1510, active c. 1530 - c. 1570

Titian

Artist After, Venetian, 1488/1490 - 1576

The image shows a landscape scene with rolling hills, trees, and rocky outcrops. In the foreground, there are large feline animals resting under trees with detailed foliage. A rocky path leads towards a figure in the middle ground gesturing towards something out of view. The artwork features fine linework creating texture and depth, resembling detailed engravings. The color scheme is monochromatic, using only black and white to highlight the linework and textures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.373

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Passavant, no. 58

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William H. Schab; purchased 1963 by Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1964.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 1983.

1988

  • The Pastoral Landscape: The Legacy of Venice, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988-1989, no. 23, fig. 47.

Bibliography

1860

  • Passavant, Johann David. Le peintre-graveur, contenant l'histoire de la gravure sur bois, sur metalet au buring jusque vers la fin du XVI siecle .... 6 vols. Leipzig: Rudolph Weigel, 1860-1864.

  • Passavant 1860-1864, 6:235, no.58.

1995

  • Martinez, Benjamin and Jacqueline Block. Visual Forces: An Introduction to Design. 2nd edition, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995: fig. c (section on light).

Wikidata ID

Q65511416

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