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On display at V&A South Kensington
Sculpture, Room 111, The Gilbert Bayes Gallery

St Jerome

Plaquette
1500-1525 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plaquettes are small plaques made of bronze, brass, lead or precious metals. They originated in the 1440s with the desire to reproduce coins and hardstone engravings from ancient Greece and Rome. Some were made as collector’s pieces, to be viewed and displayed in private, and others for practical purposes. They also inspired designs in other media, from architecture to bookbindings. The saint is shown here with his usual companion, the lion.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSt Jerome (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Brief description
Plaquette, bronze, St. Jerome, by Ulocrino, Italy (Padua), 1500-25
Physical description
A saint in tattered monastic habit seated infront of a cave holding a cross, and looking at a lion seated on the ground before him; at the back is another monk standing beside a dry tree, his hands raised in astonishment. Brown patina.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7cm
  • Width: 5.1cm
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Object history
From the Salting bequest.
Subjects depicted
Summary
Plaquettes are small plaques made of bronze, brass, lead or precious metals. They originated in the 1440s with the desire to reproduce coins and hardstone engravings from ancient Greece and Rome. Some were made as collector’s pieces, to be viewed and displayed in private, and others for practical purposes. They also inspired designs in other media, from architecture to bookbindings. The saint is shown here with his usual companion, the lion.
Bibliographic references
  • 'Salting Bequest (A. 70 to A. 1029-1910) / Murray Bequest (A. 1030 to A. 1096-1910)'. In: List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum (Department of Architecture and Sculpture). London: Printed under the Authority of his Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, East Harding Street, EC, p. 66
  • Maclagan, Eric. Catalogue of Italian Plaquettes . London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1924, p. 26
Collection
Accession number
A.421-1910

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Record createdMay 24, 2000
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