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Saint Jerome in His Study
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
1514
Medium/Technique
Engraving on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Overall: 24.7 x 18.8cm (9 3/4 x 7 3/8in.)
Sheet: 26 × 20 cm (10 1/4 × 7 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 26 × 20 cm (10 1/4 × 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz and Duplicate Print Fund
Accession Number23.890
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
With incomparable virtuosity Dürer conveys St. Jerome's energetic application to his scholarly labors (probably his Latin translation of the Bible, the official or Vulgate version) in the ideal scholarly environment. Using subtle variations of line, the artist sought to define not only the individual qualities and textures of the objects in the room, but also the flickering light and shadow that play over and around them. The strength and subtlety of this impression suggests that it was one of the first taken from the plate.
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch (intaglio) 060; Meder 59a
Provenance1923, sold by Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz (Henrietta Goddard Wigglesworth Fitz, b. 1847 - d. 1929), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 1, 1923)