Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, ca. 1510

Title

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Painter

• Gerard David

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Mixed technique on oak

Material

• oak wood

Technique

• mixed technique

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1874

Genre

• devotional image
• depiction of a saint
• literary representation
• historical narration

Main Motif

• Sophronius Eusebius Hieronymus
• man
• animal

Persons Shown

• Sophronius Eusebius Hieronymus
• Jesus Christ
• Mary
• John the Evangelist

Illustrated Passage

• Die Legenda aurea des Jacobus de Voragine, übersetzt von Richard Benz, Heidelberg 1984, S. 758

Associated Source

• Die Legenda aurea des Jacobus de Voragine, übersetzt von Richard Benz, Heidelberg 1984, S. 758

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
• 31A233(+4) kneeling figure (+ three-quarter view)
• 25F23(LION) beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion

Secondary

• 48C514 picture, painting
• 73D641 crucified Christ with Mary and John on either side of the cross; Holy Rood
• 25H114 low hill country
• 25H112 rocks
• 25G11 groups of trees
• 25H2143 pond, pool