Saint Jerome in His Study by Albrecht Durer, 1514
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In contrast to the landscape of "The Knight, Death and the Devil" and the curiously dark, seascape setting of "Melencolia", Durer's "St Jerome in His Study" shows a warm, sunlit interior. Durer was especially fond of St Jerome, who appears more frequently in his work than any other saint. The date on this print, 1514, coincides with the year of publication of the translation into German of St Jerome's biography by Durer's friend Lazarus Spengler.
The subject of a seated saint writing at a desk seems straightforward in comparison to the complex subjects of Durer's two other master engravings, cat. nos 126, 128, but the originality of the image lies in the evocative atmosphere and detailed interior. In an unusual step for his compositions Durer has relegated the figure to the background and the setting takes over as the main subject of the print. This aspect was singled out for particularly lavish praise by Vasari.
In "St. Jerome in his Study", Albrecht Durer represented a room with windows of glass, through which stream the rays of the sun, falling on the place where St. Joseph sits writing, with an effect so natural, that it is a marvel; besides which there are books, timepieces, writings, and so many other things, that nothing more and nothing better could be done in this field of art.
Other paintings/pictures tagged "St Jerome"
"St Jerome in his Study" (1514) Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe |
"Saint Jerome Writing" (1605-1606) The Borghese Gallery, Rome |
"St. Jerome in Meditation" (1605) Museo del Monasterio de Santa Maria, Monserrat |
"St Jerome" (1521) Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon |
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Popular Works by Albrecht Durer
The Knight, Death and the Devil (1513) • Adam and Eve (1504) • The Last Supper (1523) • The Rhinoceros (1515) • Christ on the Mount of Olives (1510) • Christ on the Cross with Three Angels (1523-1525) • The Great Triumphal Car (1518-1519) • Hand (1528) • Portrait of Emperor Maximilian (1518)
Albrecht Durer's Drawings
Self-Portrait as the Man of Sorrows (1522) • Self-Portrait (1521) • Adam and Eve (1504) • Winged Man, in Idealistic Clothing, Playing a Lute (1497) • Walrus (1521) • Head of the Twelve Year Old Christ (1506) • St Jerome in His Study (1511) • Study of Hands (1506) • Portrait of Erasmus (1520) • The Lamentation (1522)
Albrecht Durer's Woodcuts - The Apocalypse
The Large Passion: 6. The Crucifixion (1498) • St. Michael Fighting the Dragon (1498) • The Large Passion: 9. Last Supper (1510) • The Whore of Babylon (1498) • The Large Passion: 11. Christ in Limbo (1510) • The Large Passion: 3. Flagellation of Christ (1497)
Albrecht Durer's Engraved Pasion
Resurrection (1512) • Christ before Caiaphas (1512) • Harrowing of Hell; or, Christ in Limbo (1512) • Crucifixion (1511) • Lamentation over Christ (1507) • Man of Sorrows by the Column (No. 1) (1509) • Flagellation (1512) • Deposition (1512) • Christ before Pilate (1512)
Albrecht Durer's Paintings
Self-Portrait in a Fur-Collared Robe (1500) • The Dresden Altarpiece (1496) • Madonna of the Pear (1512) • Christ Among the Doctors (1506) • Heller Altar (detail) (1508-1509) • Portrait of a Venetian Woman (1506-1507) • Lamentation for Christ (1500-1503) • Madonna and Child with the Pear (1526) • Paumgartner Altar (1503)
Albrecht Durer's Engravings & Etchings
Adam and Eve (1504) • Nativity (1504) • Large Horse (1505) • Sudarium Displayed by Two Angels (1513) • Madonna with the Pear (1511) • The Desperate Man (1515) • Small Horse (1505)
Woodcuts - Life Of The Virgin
Life of the Virgin: 11. The Adoration of the Magi (1501-1502) • Life of the Virgin: 9. The Adoration of the Shepherds. The Nativity (1504-1505) • Life of the Virgin:7. The Annunciation (1500-1502) • Life of the Virgin: 6. Marriage of the Virgin (1504)