Saint Jerome in the Cave

1644

Ferdinand Bol

Associated Names
Ferdinand Bol

Artist, Dutch, 1616 - 1680

The image shows a nude elderly man seated on a rock with a draped cloth covering his lower body. He is holding a long stick and appears to be examining it closely. There is a lion lying calmly to the left of him. In the background, there is a dark, arched cavern-like ceiling with two hanging objects and foliage details.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.3 x 24.5 cm (11 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 29.7 x 25.7 cm (11 11/16 x 10 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1990.11.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 3, State ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

  • Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: fbol. fe 1644; the following all by later hand in graphite, lower left verso: B. 3, I [?] / I [?] 100; lower right verso: 6F 151

Wikidata ID

Q74884615

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