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St Jerome reading in an Italian landscape

Print
ca. 1653 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Though little regarded by earlier connoisseurs, by the later nineteenth century impressions from Rembrandt's less finished plates were viewed with greater interest for the insights they offered into the artist's working methods. Here the figure of the saint and the foreground are barely indicated in contrast with the fully developed landscape.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Religion
Christianity
Animals and Wildlife
Object type
print
TitleSt Jerome reading in an Italian landscape (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching and drypoint
Paper (Fiber Product)
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Drypoint
Brief description
Etching, burin and drypoint by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'St Jerome reading in an Italian landscape', second state. Amsterdam, ca. 1653.
Physical description
Etching, burin and drypoint print depicting a man reading under a tree in the foreground. There is a lion standing on the right side of the tree. In the distance on the right is a bridge with a church and buildings on a hill.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.1cm
  • Width: 21.3cm
Style
Dutch School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
C.A. Ionides Bequest.
Subjects depicted
Lions (Animals)
Reading
St Jerome
Summary
Though little regarded by earlier connoisseurs, by the later nineteenth century impressions from Rembrandt's less finished plates were viewed with greater interest for the insights they offered into the artist's working methods. Here the figure of the saint and the foreground are barely indicated in contrast with the fully developed landscape.
Associated object
E.2631-1902 (Copy)
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • Bartsch, Adam von. Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt (Vienna, 1797).
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue in Two Volumes, I. Text. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969).
  • Blanc, Charles, L'oeuvre complet de Rembrandt, décrit et commenté, (Paris, 1859-61).
  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923).
  • Biörklund George. Rembrandt's Etchings, True and False: A Summary Catalogue in a Distinctive Chronological Order and Completely Illustrated, (Stockholm, London & Paris, 1955) (2nd ed. 1968).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CAI.692

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
Record URL
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