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St. Jerome in His Study is an oil on panel painting by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, completed March 1521. It is now in the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga of Lisbon, Portugal.

St. Jerome in His Study
Artist	Albrecht Dürer
Year	1521
Medium	Oil on panel
Dimensions	60 cm × 48 cm (24 in × 19 in)
Location	Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon

History

The work was executed by Dürer during his stay in the Netherlands 1520–1521,[1] using an aged local man as model. A preparatory drawing exists in the Albertina of Vienna with an annotation of the man's age (93).

The artist donated the painting to the head of the Portuguese trade mission in the Netherlands, Rodrigo Fernandes de Almada. It remained in the latter's family collection until 1880, when it was donated to the current museum.

Description

Among Dürer's depiction of St. Jerome, this is the one more resembling a portrait, with little space left for the study and its details (such as in his 1514 etching, where the saint is a small figure in the background).

The subject is portrayed with great care for details,[1] including the wrinkles to the white-yellowish beard. Also differently from the etching, the memento mori suggestion of the finger above a skull has a greater visual relevance.

Details in the foreground include the inkpot at right and the bookrest at left, as well as a crucifix on the top left.

References

Sources

• Costantino Porcu, ed. (2004). Dürer. Milan: Rizzoli.

External links

• Page at the museum official website (in Portuguese)

На других языках

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- [en] St. Jerome in His Study (Dürer, 1521)

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[es] San Jerónimo en su estudio (Durero)

San Jerónimo en su estudio es un conocido óleo sobre tabla de 60 x 48 cm de Alberto Durero, firmado y fechado en 1521, y conservado en el Museo Nacional de Arte Antiguo de Lisboa.

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[it] San Girolamo nello studio (Dürer)

Il San Girolamo nello studio è un dipinto a olio su tavola (60x48 cm) di Albrecht Dürer, siglato e datato 1521, e conservato nel Museo nazionale d'arte antica di Lisbona.

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