After the fall of Antwerp, Gilles III van Coninxloo was forced to leave the city of his birth in 1585. He fled to Frankenthal via Zeeland, where other landscape painters were working. Later, he settled in Amsterdam, where he was already regarded as an innovator in his own lifetime. He exchanged the three-tonal composition (brown, green and blue) for more complex schemes based on carefully thought-out contrasts between light and shade. With fluid brushstrokes, he painted woodland scenes with exceptional light effects, many of which have a romantic and, at times, even a fantastic character. Jerome is one of the most frequently depicted saints in Flemish art. His reclusive existence and introspective attitude inspired many artists, but his discrete presence in the landscape also made him a favourite subject of the earliest landscape painters.
| Artist |
Gillis III van Coninxloo
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| Title | Woodland with Saint Jerome |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1991-B |
| Acquisition credit |
long-term loan
Huis van Alijn Ghent 1991 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1991-B |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3689/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11H
saints
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11H(JEROME) the monk and hermit Jerome (Hieronymus); possible attributes: book, cardinal's hat, crucifix, hour-glass, lion, skull, stone Iconclass 11Q3 ascetic life and practice Iconclass 11Q31 mortification of the senses ~ ascetic life Iconclass 11Q331 anchorite, hermit Iconclass 11Q751 (public) prayer Iconclass 11Q7511 pater noster ~ (public) prayer Iconclass 22 natural phenomena Iconclass 22C light Iconclass 22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 25G11 groups of trees Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25G31 shrubs Iconclass 25H15 forest, wood Iconclass 25H153 bush, shrubs ~ forest Iconclass 46C11 road, path Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 68-69 (ill.)) |
| onder vrienden : 225 jaar verzamelaars rond het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 25.11.2023 - 28.04.2024) / Johan De Smet, Frederica Van Dam, Willy Van der Gucht, Manfred Sellink. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2023 ; Gent : De Vrienden van het Museum, 2023 (p. 52, cat. 62 (ill.)) |
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