St Jerome reading in an Italian landscape, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1653

Title(s)

St Jerome reading in an Italian landscape

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-170

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 275-2(2)
• Bartsch 104-2(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 104-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

c. 1653

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / drypoint

Measurements

height 260 mm × width 210 mm

What

• the monk and hermit Jerome (Hieronymus); possible attributes: book, cardinal's hat, crucifix, hour-glass, lion, skull, stone

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 225, cat.nr. 275
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 104