Rotslandschap met de Heilige Hieronymus, Aegidius Sadeler (II), after Jan Brueghel (I), 1524 - c. 1650

Title(s)

Rotslandschap met de Heilige Hieronymus

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1903-A-24029

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 211-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Rotslandschap met de heilige Hieronymus, op zijn knieën biddend voor een crucifix. Zijn leeuw ligt naast hem.

Artist

• print maker: Aegidius Sadeler (II) (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Jan Brueghel (I) (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Marcus Sadeler (mentioned on object)
• Ferdinand Lombard (mentioned on object)
• Aegidius Sadeler (II) (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: unknown
publisher: Venice

Dating

1580 - 1629 and/or 1524 - c. 1650

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 219 mm × width 276 mm

What

• 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
• rocks

Credit line

• Gift of Mr Claassen

Acquisition

gift Dec-1903

Copyright

Public domain

• Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II : plates, p. 44 (afb.), cat.nr. 211
• Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II : text, p. 44, cat.nr. 211