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Saint Jerome

Statuette
ca. 1670-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (sculptor)
Place of origin
Rome (made)

This statuette is made after Gian Lorenzo Bernini, ca. 1670-1700 in Rome.

It is a reduced copy of Bernini's marble statue of St Jerome in the Cathedral at Siena, executed by Bernini in 1661-3.

Saint Jerome is shown in full length, with his left foot resting on a lion; his head and the upper part of his body are bent over a crucifix held to his left in both hands


Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Christianity
Religion
Object type
Statuette
TitleSaint Jerome (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Terracotta
Terracotta
Brief description
Statuette, terracotta, representing Saint Jerome, after Lorenzo Bernini, Rome, ca. 1670-1700
Physical description
The Saint is shown in full length, with his left foot resting on a lion; his head and the upper part of his body are bent over a crucifix held to his left in both hands. The back of the figure is hollowed out.
Dimensions
  • Height: 46.4cm
Object history
This is a reduced copy of Bernini's marble statue of St Jerome in the Cathedral at Siena, executed by Bernini in 1661-3.
Subjects depicted
Lion
St Jerome
Summary
This statuette is made after Gian Lorenzo Bernini, ca. 1670-1700 in Rome.

It is a reduced copy of Bernini's marble statue of St Jerome in the Cathedral at Siena, executed by Bernini in 1661-3.

Saint Jerome is shown in full length, with his left foot resting on a lion; his head and the upper part of his body are bent over a crucifix held to his left in both hands
Bibliographic references
  • Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1859 In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 45
  • Maclagan, Eric and Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture. Text. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1932, p. 159
  • Raggio, Olga. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Art Bulletin. Vol. L, 1968, p. 103
  • Pope-Hennessy, John. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Volume II: Text. Sixteenth to Twentieth Century. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1964, pp. 608, 609
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
5863-1859

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Record createdSeptember 11, 2008
Record URL
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