De heilige Hieronymus, Bartolomeo Gazalis, after Alessandro Magnasco, c. 1700 - c. 1750

Title(s)

De heilige Hieronymus
Pemen (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-2006-74

Inscriptions / marks

• number: ‘700’
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Description

De heilige Hieronymus biddend in een grot. Voor hem een crucifix, een schedel en een boek. Achter hem zit een lezende man.

Artist

• printmaker: Bartolomeo Gazalis (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Alessandro Magnasco (mentioned on object)

Place

Italy

Dating

c. 1700 - c. 1750

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 311 mm × width 172 mm

What

• St. Jerome as penitent in the desert, half naked, kneeling before a crucifix and holding a stone in his hand to beat his breast; a skull (and other 'Vanitas' symbols), sometimes a scorpion and a snake beside him

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1-Dec-2005

Copyright

Public domain