St. Jerome

1502, Artist: Lucas Cranach d. Ä.

 

 

St. Jerome

One of the most popular themes in painting around 1500 was St. Jerome as a hermit in the wilderness. The saint is kneeling in repentance before the crucified Christ and is accompanied only by a lion from whose paw, according to legend, he had removed a thorn. Cranach set this scene under a group of bizarrely shaped trees.

Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kabinett 16

Object data

Object Name

Painting

Culture

German

Dated

1502

Artist

Lucas Cranach d. Ä. (1472 Kronach - 1553 Weimar) - GND

Material

Limewood

Dimensions

Overall: 56 cm × 41,5 cm × 0,8 cm
Framed: 69,5 cm × 55 cm × 5 cm

Signed

dat. bottom middle: 1502

Image rights

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie

Inv. No.

Gemäldegalerie, 6739

Provenance

Mondsee monastery (?); until 1927 episcopal residence Linz; acquired in 1927

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