The naked Saint Hieronymus kneels in the cave. In his hands he holds a stone. In front of him is an image of the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child. Also depicted are Hieronymus' attributes: the lion on the right, his cardinal's hat on the left and a classical statue.
| Artist |
Johannes I Sadeler
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Gillis I Mostaert
RKD
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Ferdinand Reael
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| Title | Saint Jerome in the Cave |
| Date | ca. 1560 - 1593 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Medium and support | engravings AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Cum Sacrum hoc offers contriti Hieronyme cordis, / CunqB hanc Sacrilegam comminuis Statuam / Propterea Domino placet vtraqB victima, quod Spes / Virginis in nati Sit fixa cruce. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: G. Mostaert pinxit. Joh: Sadeler Sculpsit. Ferdinand: Reael excudit. | |
| inscription on the reverse: Elp [...] | |
| inscription on the reverse: M 2410 2 ex; [...] | |
| inscription on the reverse: 3 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-NW |
| Acquisition credit |
onbekend 2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-NW |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11726/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11F4
Madonna: i.e. Mary with the Christ-child
Iconclass
11H saints Iconclass 11H(JEROME) the monk and hermit Jerome (Hieronymus); possible attributes: book, cardinal's hat, crucifix, hour-glass, lion, skull, stone Iconclass 11P3112 cardinal Iconclass 11Q651 crucifix ~ personal devotion Iconclass 11Q712 church (exterior) Iconclass 25F23(LION) beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion Iconclass 25F41 lizards Iconclass 25H1124 boulder, stone Iconclass 25H119 cave, grotto Iconclass 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) Iconclass 31A211 (human) skull Iconclass 31A233 kneeling figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 41D221(HAT) head-gear: hat Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
| Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. XXI. Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II : Text ; Vol. XXII : Plates / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein, Dieuwke De Hoop Scheffer, Karel Gerard Boon. - Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1980 (146) |
| Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. XIV. Meer - Ossenbeeck / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger & Co., 1956 (91) |
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