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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Sculpture, Room 117

St Jerome

Statuette
ca. 1600-1620 (made)
Artist/Maker
Severo Da Ravenna (made)
Place of origin
Ravenna (made)
Padua (made)

This statuette is possibly made by Severo da Ravenna, ca. 1600-1620 in Ravenna.

The Statue equals the Hieronymus from Brescia, but without the base and the lions.

Severo da Ravenna or Severo di Domenico Calzetta da Ravenna was an Italian sculptor, active ca 1496, who died ca. 1543. His father was probably a sculptor and he may have been related to the two painters of the same name working in the circle of Mantegna in Padua: Pietro Calzetta and Francesco Calzetta. Severo might have divided his time between Padua, Ferrara and Ravenna, where he was first recorded in 1496.


Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Christianity
Religion
Object type
Statuette
TitleSt Jerome (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Cast bronze
Bronze
Casting
Brief description
Bronze statuette of St Jerome, possibly by Severo da Ravenna, Italy, about 1600-20
Physical description
Bronze statuette of St Jerome
Dimensions
  • Height: 6in
  • Width: 4.5in
  • Depth: 3in
Historical context
The Statue equals the Hieronymus from Brescia, but without the base and the lions
Subject depicted
Jerome (Saint)
Summary
This statuette is possibly made by Severo da Ravenna, ca. 1600-1620 in Ravenna.

The Statue equals the Hieronymus from Brescia, but without the base and the lions.

Severo da Ravenna or Severo di Domenico Calzetta da Ravenna was an Italian sculptor, active ca 1496, who died ca. 1543. His father was probably a sculptor and he may have been related to the two painters of the same name working in the circle of Mantegna in Padua: Pietro Calzetta and Francesco Calzetta. Severo might have divided his time between Padua, Ferrara and Ravenna, where he was first recorded in 1496.
Bibliographic references
  • Lloyd, Christopher: Two large plaquettes in Oxford from the Collection of C D E Fortnum, in Studies in the History of Art, Italian Plaquettes, Vol. 22, Washington, 1989, pp.218-220
  • 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. 44
  • Ebert-Schifferer, Sybille, Natur und Antike in der Renaissance, Frankfurt: Liebieghaus - Museum Alter Plastik, 1985.
  • Bourmand, Marc; Beatrice Paolozzi Strozzi and Francesca Tasso, Le Corps et L'Âme, Paris, Musée du Louvre, 2020
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
4699-1859

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Record createdAugust 27, 2004
Record URL
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