Saint Jerome in his Study by Candlelight

Saint Jerome in his Study by Candlelight

SK-A-3903

• inscription, upper left on a cartouche under the mirror: ‘IC (or IG)’
• inscription, piece of paper on the table: ‘Respice fin[e]m’

J. Bruyn, 'Twee St. Antonius-panelen en andere werken van Aertgen van Leyden', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch jaarboek 11 (1960), 79, 93.

• painter: attributed to Aertgen Claesz. van Leyden, Leiden
• painter: Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen [rejected attribution]

c. 1520 - c. 1530

height 48 cm x width 37.7 cm x height 47.4 cm x width 37.2 cm

purchase 1956

Public domain

Inv.; ….; ? estate inventory, Duke of Lauderdale, Ham House, near London, late 17th century (`St. Gerome by Lucas van Leyda´);{Manuscript in Victoria & Albert Museum; Bruyn/Millar 1962, p. 294.} …; Lord Dysart;{Note RMA.} …; the dealer P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1955;{Dealer cat. De Boer 1955, unpaged and unnumbered.} from whom, fl. 13,600, to the museum, 1956

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

• J. Bruyn, 'Twee St. Antonius-panelen en andere werken van Aertgen van Leyden', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch jaarboek 11 (1960), 79, 93.
• J. Bruyn en O. Millar, 'Notes on the Royal Collection. 3: The 'Dutch Gift' to Charles I', The Burlington Magazine 104 (1962).

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