Baron Karl Eduard von Liphart

1808 - 1891

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A man wearing a cloak tied around his body kneels with his hands together at the foot of a crucifix, set against a rocky outcropping on this stone panel. The scene is shallowly carved in low relief from pale, apricot-peach marble. Both the kneeling man, Saint Jerome, and the man hanging on the cross have raised, disk-like halos. Slightly right of center, the kneeling man looks up at the cross from under heavy brows. He has hollow cheekbones and short hair. His robe is tied over his shoulders and falls across his hips, but his feet and slender arms are bare. The man on the cross is smaller in scale, less than half the size of Saint Jerome. He hangs heavily from his hands, which are nailed into the cross, and his head falls forward. He is nude except for a loincloth across his hips. A rocky, hut-like form fills the space behind Saint Jerome. A few details are lightly carved so are visible only on closer inspection. These include a smaller cross along the left edge of the panel and a skull at the base of the crucifix. Between the crucifix and rocky structure, a male and female lion run toward Saint Jerome, mouths open. In the space between Saint Jerome and the right edge of the panel, another person is lightly carved into the background. He runs to our right while looking back over one shoulder, perhaps at the lions. One hand is flung high, his mouth wide open, and his hair stands on end. His voluminous robe flutters around his body. Beyond him, triangular trees recede into the distance under a cloud-streaked sky.
Desiderio da Settignano, Saint Jerome in the Desert, c. 1461, marble, Widener Collection, 1942.9.113

Saint Jerome in the Desert

Desiderio da Settignano · c. 1461 · marble ·  Accession ID  1942.9.113

Martin Schongauer, A Foolish Virgin, 1475/1491, engraving, Rosenwald Collection, 1958.8.158

A Foolish Virgin

Martin Schongauer · 1475/1491 · engraving ·  Accession ID  1958.8.158

Martin Schongauer, The Nativity, c. 1470/1475, engraving, Gift of W.G. Russell Allen, 1941.1.42

The Nativity

Martin Schongauer · c. 1470/1475 · engraving ·  Accession ID  1941.1.42

Adriaen van Ostade, Two Peasants Outside a House, the Woman Winding Wool, c. 1671, etching, with touches of drypoint, on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.8302

Two Peasants Outside a House, the Woman Winding Wool

Adriaen van Ostade · c. 1671 · etching, with touches of drypoint, on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1943.3.8302

Rembrandt van Rijn, Self-Portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill, 1639, etching on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.9117

Self-Portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill

Rembrandt van Rijn · 1639 · etching on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1943.3.9117

Adriaen van Ostade, Interior of a Barn with a Peasant Woman at Work, 1647, etching, with touches of drypoint, on laid paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1946.11.118

Interior of a Barn with a Peasant Woman at Work

Adriaen van Ostade · 1647 · etching, with touches of drypoint, on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1946.11.118