Rotslandschap met de Heilige Hieronymus, Aegidius Sadeler (II), after Jan Brueghel (I), 1580 - 1629

Title(s)

Rotslandschap met de Heilige Hieronymus

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-5176

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 211-1(2)

Description

Rotslandschap met de heilige Hieronymus, op zijn knieën biddend voor een crucifix. Zijn leeuw ligt naast hem.

Artist

• printmaker: Aegidius Sadeler (II) (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Jan Brueghel (I) (mentioned on object)
• Ferdinand Lombard (mentioned on object)
• Aegidius Sadeler (II) (mentioned on object)

Place

unknown

Dating

1580 - 1629

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 214 mm × width 272 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
• rocks

Acquisition

unknown 2011

Copyright

Public domain

• Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II, Dieuwke de Hoop Scheffer, p. 44 (afb.), cat.nr. 211
• Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II, Dieuwke de Hoop Scheffer, p. 44, cat.nr. 211