St. Jerome
1502, Artist: Lucas Cranach d. Ä.
St. Jerome
One of the most popular themes in painting around 1500 was St. Jerome as a hermit in the wilderness. The saint is kneeling in repentance before the crucified Christ and is accompanied only by a lion from whose paw, according to legend, he had removed a thorn. Cranach set this scene under a group of bizarrely shaped trees.
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
German
Dated
1502
Artist
Lucas Cranach d. Ä. (1472 Kronach - 1553 Weimar) - GND
Material
Limewood
Dimensions
Overall: 56 cm × 41,5 cm × 0,8 cm
Framed: 69,5 cm × 55 cm × 5 cm
Signed
dat. bottom middle: 1502
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 6739
Provenance
Mondsee monastery (?); until 1927 episcopal residence Linz; acquired in 1927
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