Saint Jerome

1592/1607

Giuseppe Scolari

Associated Names
Giuseppe Scolari

Artist, Venetian, before 1564 - 1625

The image depicts a man with a beard standing outdoors. He is holding a large cross-staff with one hand resting on his hip. The man is draped in a cloth covering one shoulder and the landscape around him includes rocky terrain, a lion at his feet, trees with intricate branches, a cloudy sky, a skull among tree roots, and a ladder leaning against the skull. The scene is illustrated in a style similar to an old engraving or woodcut.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 53.2 × 37.2 cm (20 15/16 × 14 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7634

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Passavant, no. 57

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2007

  • The Baroque Woodcut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008

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.

1959

  • Passavant, 6, p.234, no.57.

1976

  • Rosand, David and Michelangelo Muraro. Titian and the Venetian Woodcut. Washington, D.C., 1976: no. 97B (ii/ii)

Wikidata ID

Q65020527

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