Heiliger Hieronymus (Fragment)

Title

Heiliger Hieronymus (Fragment)

Draughtsman

• Gaspare Diziani

Recto

Jupiter and Semele

Part Number / Total

108 / 126

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk?
• coal?
• handmade paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• chalk drawing?
• charcoal drawing?

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• figure study

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1907

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Sophronius Eusebius Hieronymus

Primary

• 11H(JEROME)36 St. Jerome as penitent in the desert, half naked, kneeling before a crucifix and holding a stone in his hand to beat his breast; a skull (and other 'Vanitas' symbols), sometimes a scorpion and a snake beside him

Historic Attribution

• Venetian, 18th century draughtsman