S. Hieronymus in Deserto (Saint Jerome in the Desert)

c. 1555/1557

Johannes and Lucas van Doetechum after Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Associated Names
Lucas van Doetechum

Artist, Netherlandish, active 1554-1572; died before 1589

Johannes van Doetechum the Elder

Artist, Netherlandish, 1528/1532 - 1605

Hieronymus Cock

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Artist After, Netherlandish, c. 1525/1530 - 1569

This image depicts an expansive landscape viewed from an elevated perspective. The horizon shows distant mountains and a cityscape etched against the sky. The artwork uses intricate linework characteristic of etching to create detailed textures in the clouds and terrain. The color palette is monochromatic, with shades of sepia and brown. In the foreground, a figure rests under a tree surrounded by foliage and rocks. Further back, a river, fields, and a castle on a hill are visible. The sky is filled with layered clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.417

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 11, State only


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1983

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

Bibliography

1908

  • Bastelaer, Rene van. Les estampes de Peter Bruegel l'ancien. Brussels: G. van Oest et Cie, 1908.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (van Doetecum family, Henk Nalis author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 11, state only.

Inscriptions

lower right, in plate, in image: brueghel Inue / h cock excu; in lower margin, in plate: -S- HIERONYMVS IN DESERTO

Wikidata ID

Q65510262

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