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St Jerome beside a pollard willow

Print
1648 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching and drypoint print depicting a man writing, seated at a table under a tree. There is a lion head peering out from the left side of the tree


Object details

Categories
Prints
Religion
Christianity
Animals and Wildlife
Object type
print
TitleSt Jerome beside a pollard willow (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching and drypoint
Paper (Fiber Product)
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Drypoint
Brief description
Etching and drypoint by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'St Jerome beside a pollard willow', second state. Amsterdam, 1648.
Physical description
Etching and drypoint print depicting a man writing, seated at a table under a tree. There is a lion head peering out from the left side of the tree
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 17.8cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Cut to width: 13.3cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
Rembrandt f.1648 (Signed and dated)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
C.A. Ionides Bequest.
Subjects depicted
Willow Tree
Lion
Writing
Saint Jerome
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.693

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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