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 The Card Players
The Card Players
c. 1623-24

Jan Lievens The Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi
1644

Jan Lievens Samson and Delila
Samson and Delila
1627-28

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

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