Saint Jerome

ca. 1520 (early Renaissance) H: 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm) Citation Source image

Jerome's great service to the Church was his translation of the Bible into Latin, which he completed at a monastery in Palestine. The sculptor could not depict the setting as could a painter, but he could help viewers imagine it themselves by including a colorful detail--the...

Sculpture

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Count Pourtalès, Silesia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Albert Ullmann, Frankfort, Germany [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, England; Paul Drey Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, March 12, 1958, by purchase.
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