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Source Description
St. Jerome, the translator of the Bible into Latin, was often depicted as a hermit in his wilderness retreat, engaged in meditations on the cross. This exquisitely subtle example of reverse painting wonderfully exploits the luminosity for which the technique is valued. Light appears to suffuse the clearing, dappling the foliage and the saint, while drawing the eye towards the opening sky at the rim. The depiction of a landscape on a scale this small demanded great skill, and this object would have been prized for the difficulty involved in making it.
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Document identity
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26330
label
Devotional Plaque with Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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26330
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contentType
object
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normalized
title
Devotional Plaque with Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
description
St. Jerome, the translator of the Bible into Latin, was often depicted as a hermit in his wilderness retreat, engaged in meditations on the cross. This exquisitely subtle example of reverse painting wonderfully exploits the luminosity for which the technique is valued. Light appears to suffuse the clearing, dappling the foliage and the saint, while drawing the eye towards the opening sky at the rim. The depiction of a landscape on a scale this small demanded great skill, and this object would have been prized for the difficulty involved in making it.
provenance
Leon Gruel, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1550 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Stained & Painted Glass
medallions (medals)
plaques
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
9.5
height
12.7
dimensionsRaw
3 3/4 x 5 in. (9.5 x 12.7 cm)
Source extras
med
amelierung reverse-painted rock crystal, enameled gilded frame
creator_ids
33562
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
1994
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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46244ed0303a5003