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St Jerome by the Pollard Willow

Print
1512 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Dürer, Albrecht (artist)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (engraved)

Print depicting Saint Jerome seated on an improvised desk in a rocky landscape. He looks towards a small crucifix with his hands in a gesture of prayer or supplication, while his elbows rest on an open book. A lion is asleep by his feet. The pollarded willow of the title is on the right of the image.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Christianity
Object type
Print
TitleSt Jerome by the Pollard Willow (popular title)
Materials and techniques
drypoint on paper
Drypoint
Brief description
'St Jerome by the Pollard Willow', drypoint, Albrecht Dürer, Germany, 1512
Physical description
Print depicting Saint Jerome seated on an improvised desk in a rocky landscape. He looks towards a small crucifix with his hands in a gesture of prayer or supplication, while his elbows rest on an open book. A lion is asleep by his feet. The pollarded willow of the title is on the right of the image.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.1875in (Note: taken from departmental notes)
  • Width: 7.25in (Note: taken from departmental notes)
Style
Renaissance
Marks and inscriptions
AD (signed with monogram)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Alice G.E. Carthew
Subjects depicted
Lion
Crucifix
Books
St Jerome
Bibliographic references
  • Bartsch, Adam, Le Peintre-Graveur. Vienna, 1803-1821. 59.
  • Dodgson, Campbell, The Masters of Engraving and Etching: Albrecht Dürer. London, 1926. 66.
  • Meder, Joseph. Dürer-Katalog: Ein Handbuch über Albrecht Dürers Stiche, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, deren Zustände, Ausgaben und Wasserzeichen. Vienna, 1932. 58 (2nd state).
  • Panofsky, Erwin. The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer. Volume II, Princeton, 1943. 166.
Other number
59 - Le Peintre-Graveur
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.577-1940

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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