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Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
Nicolò Boldrini (Italian, c. 1500–1566)LinkedCulture matchlcp-c614fb46cfb5
- Date
- 1525–30
- Medium
- Woodcut in black on paper
- Culture
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 23550
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
After having a vision in which he was judged before God for his failure to convert to Christianity, Saint Jerome retreated to the Syrian desert to seek penance. Niccolò Boldrini’s large-scale woodcut shows a minute Jerome living in peace with a pride of lions, who are grateful to him for removing a thorn from one of their paws. Boldrini worked closely with Titian, to whom this print has sometimes been credited. Titian controlled the details of the composition; however, Boldrini cut and printed the woodblock.
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- Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund
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- Object type
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