Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

ca. 1475 (early Renaissance)

17.2 cm 23.8 cm

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The unknown artist of this relief depicted Saint Jerome in the desert with his faithful lion, which behaves like a well-trained dog. In the distance, the artist modeled rocky planes in low relief while the grotto is in higher relief, casting dark shadows. In this way, the ar...

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Isaac Falke, London [date and mode of aquisition unknown]; Sale, London, 1910; Arthur Sambon, Paris [date and mode of aquisition unknown]; Sale, Munich, 1914; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of aquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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