Cleveland Museum of Art

St. Jerome Seated near a Pollard Willow

Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5

Date: 1512
Medium: drypoint
Culture: Germany
Department: Prints
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 108103

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Of the hundreds of prints Albrecht Dürer made, only three were drypoints, in which a needle scratched directly into a copperplate creates velvety, fuzzy lines. In this image of Saint Jerome, Dürer exploited these qualities of drypoint to manifest the natural, spiritual realm of the saint’s hermitage in the wilderness. Jerome pauses from his studies to pray in a setting that buzzes with life. The saint’s isolation and communion with Christ result in spiritual rebirth, symbolized by the bumpy pollard (trimmed) willow, cut to generate new growth. This is one of only three prints Albrecht Dürer made using drypoint, in which a needle is scratched directly into the copperplate.

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Credit line: Gift of Ralph King
Provenance: ?–1925: Ralph King [1855–1926], Cleveland, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | January 15, 1925–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH