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St Jerome extracting a thorn from the Lion's foot

Print
1497 (made)
Artist/Maker
Albrecht Dürer (artist)
Place of origin
Basel (made)

Print depicting St. Jerome extracting a thorn from the Lion's foot


Object details

Categories
Prints
Woodcuts
Object type
Print
TitleSt Jerome extracting a thorn from the Lion's foot (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
woodcut
Paper
Woodcut
Brief description
Print, 'St Jerome extracting a thorn from the Lion's foot', woodcut by Albrecht Dürer, Basel, 1497
Physical description
Print depicting St. Jerome extracting a thorn from the Lion's foot
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.6875in
  • Width: 5.3125in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1920, London: HMSO, 1922
Marks and inscriptions
Liber Epistolarum Sancti Hieronymi (on reverse)
Credit line
Presented by Sydney Vacher, Esq.
Object history
From the Epistles of St. Jerome, 2nd. ed., Basel, 1497.
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1920, London: HMSO, 1922.
  • Dodgson, Campbell. Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, London, Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1908, Vol. I. P.267.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3442-1920

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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