Jan Lievens

Saint Jerome Meditating in a Grotto



Jan Lievens - Saint Jerome Meditating in a Grotto



Jan Lievens
Saint Jerome Meditating in a Grotto
c. 1630
31.3 x 27.5 cm
Oil on paper on panel
Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler III, Landau/Pfalz, 1986, nr. 1242
Schnackenburg 162


Exhibitions

2019 Young Rembrandt, Nr. 103
2008 Jan Lievens - A Dutch Master Rediscovered, Nr. 23

Iconclass

11H(JEROME)36 St. Jerome as penitent in the desert, half naked, kneeling before a crucifix and holding a stone in his hand to beat his breast; a skull (and other 'Vanitas' symbols), sometimes a scorpion and a snake beside him

External links

RKD 4064

Other works by Jan Lievens


Jan Lievens Profile head of an old woman
Profile head of an old woman

Jan Lievens Gideon's Sacrifice
Gideon's Sacrifice
early 1650s

Jan Lievens Samson and Delila
Samson and Delila
1627-28

Jan Lievens The Card Players
The Card Players
c. 1623-24

Attributed to Jan Lievens The Feast of Esther
The Feast of Esther
c. 1625