Hieronymus betend in der Höhle sitzend

Title

Hieronymus betend in der Höhle sitzend

Draughtsman

• Gerrit Dou school ?

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• Vergé paper

Technique

• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• figure study
• composition study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Verso bezeichnet unten links (zeitgenössisch?, mit Kreide): F Mieris Oudere

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

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

Alternative Attribution

• Frans van Mieris the Elder draughtsman; by note on mount