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Saint Jerome

A work made of etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper.
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  • A work made of etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1630–35

Artist:

Guido Reni
Italian, 1575-1642

About this artwork

While he did produce a small number of etchings himself, Guido Reni nonetheless appreciated the possibilities offered by circulating his works via prints made in collaboration with other artists. Here Jerome appears more pensive and scholarly than in the nearby woodcut (1955.1070), made after a different Reni drawing, which shows him striking himself in the chest with a rock. While only Coriolano included an explicit halo, elegantly inscribed with the tan color block, both sheets movingly depict an impassioned saint striving for spiritual perfection in the wilderness.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Guido Reni

Title

Saint Jerome

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1630–1635

Medium

Etching and engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 21.6 × 13.9 cm (8 9/16 × 5 1/2 in.); Sheet: 22.7 × 15 cm (8 15/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bernard F. Rogers Collection

Reference Number

1935.431

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