St Jerome in the Desert, ca. 1640 – 1645

Title

St Jerome in the Desert

Painter

• David Teniers the Younger

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on oak wood, thinned and cradled

Material

• oak wood

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten auf einem Stein: D∙TENIERS∙F

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1867

Genre

• depiction of a saint
• literary representation
• historical narration

Main Motif

• Sophronius Eusebius Hieronymus
• man
• animal

Persons Shown

• Sophronius Eusebius Hieronymus

Illustrated Passage

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

Primary

• 11H(JEROME)361 St. Jerome as hermit in a landscape, reading
• 31D16 old man
• 31A235(+4) sitting figure (+ three-quarter view)
• 25F23(LION) beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion

Secondary

• 31A211 (human) skull
• 49MM32 book - MM - book open
• 25H112 rocks
• 25H114 low hill country
• 26A clouds