Caption

Saint Jerome, copy after a copperplate engraving by Dürer, unknown author, Dutch painting. Portrait of an old man shown from the chest, face in three quarters. He wears a brown-burgundy headdress with curly gray locks showing. The face is lined with wrinkles, eyes closed, prominent nose above a thick long gray beard reaching the chest. Right hand is close to his face, fingers bent touching the forehead. Figure's body lost in darkness, illuminated only by face, hand, and part of a brown-burgundy cuff. On the face of the painting at the top left is a tie-signature AD 1521. Piwkowski believes this is Saint Jerome, painted by an unknown artist imitating Dürer; the iconographic scheme matches Dürer's bust of Saint Jerome from 1521. The painting's meticulous craftsmanship gives the impression of a period pastiche or repetition of an unknown original, similar to the Lisbon composition but limited to the saint's head with closed eyes and lacking attributes such as a crucifix, book, and skull. 19th century, portrait, height 21.3 cm, width 19 cm., A framed painting shows an elderly man with a long, textured beard and a wrinkled face resting his head on one hand, set against a dark background; the figure is rendered in muted tones of gray, brown, and dark red for the clothing and facial shadows, with lighter gray and white highlights in the beard and on the hand. The painting is surrounded by an ornate molded frame in gold tones with decorative carved motifs and corner embellishments that are also gold and show areas of darker patina. The overall visible colors include gold, dark brown, dark red, gray, white, and muted black.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_371

License type

Rights managed

Available size

97.3Mb (4.1Mb) / 18.9in x 20.0in / 5666 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Saint Jerome copy copperplate engraving Dürer unknown author Dutch painting Portrait old man shown chest face three quarters wears brown-burgundy headdress curly gray locks showing lined wrinkles eyes closed prominent nose thick long gray beard reaching Right hand close fingers bent touching forehead Figure's body lost darkness illuminated hand part brown-burgundy cuff painting top left tie-signature AD 1521 Piwkowski believes painted unknown artist imitating iconographic scheme matches Dürer's bust 1521 painting's meticulous craftsmanship gives impression period pastiche repetition unknown original Lisbon composition limited saint's head closed eyes lacking attributes crucifix book skull 19th century portrait height 21.3 cm width 19 cm framed painting elderly man long textured beard wrinkled face resting head set dark background figure rendered muted tones gray brown dark red clothing facial shadows lighter gray white highlights beard surrounded ornate molded frame gold tones decorative carved motifs corner embellishments also gold areas darker patina visible colors include gold dark brown white muted black.