St. Jerome
Relief
17th century or 18th century (made)
17th century or 18th century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
St Jerome kneels beneath a tree, castigating himself. He holds a cross in his left hand, and an open book rests on the tree trunk. A skull is seen at his side, and a lion crouches nearby. In the heavens above two cherubim look down; St Jermoe gazes up at them. The wax resembles contempotary ivory carvings, and may have been related to an ivory, now lost. It was almost certainly a devotional object, and is likely to have been modeeld by a South German artist in the second half of the 17th or early 18th century.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | St. Jerome |
| Materials and techniques | Wax |
| Brief description | Relief, wax, St Jerome, German, 17th or 18th century |
| Physical description | Wax relief of St. Jerome |
| Dimensions |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr W.L. Hildburgh |
| Object history | Given by Dr. W. L. Hildburgh, F. S. A., 1952. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | St Jerome kneels beneath a tree, castigating himself. He holds a cross in his left hand, and an open book rests on the tree trunk. A skull is seen at his side, and a lion crouches nearby. In the heavens above two cherubim look down; St Jermoe gazes up at them. The wax resembles contempotary ivory carvings, and may have been related to an ivory, now lost. It was almost certainly a devotional object, and is likely to have been modeeld by a South German artist in the second half of the 17th or early 18th century. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.33-1952 |
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| Record created | March 16, 2004 |
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