St. Jerome Seated near a Pollard Willow

Cleveland Museum of Art

St. Jerome Seated near a Pollard Willow

Albrecht DürerLinkedCulture matchlcp-91cf98b472c5

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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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Cleveland Museum of Art’s catalogue record

Medium
drypoint
Credit Line
Gift of Ralph King
Type of artwork
Print
Department
Prints

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creation_date
1512

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This is one of only three drypoints Albrecht Dürer ever made, which places it among the rarest works in his entire printed output. Created in 1512, it shows Saint Jerome with hands pressed together in prayer, eyes lifted skyward, his lion resting quietly at his feet and a trimmed pollard willow rising beside him. Dürer scratched a needle directly into copper to produce those soft, velvety lines, giving the wilderness hermitage a warm, almost breathing texture that his precise engravings rarely achieve.

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An old man with a long white beard sits at a table in a rocky cave, surrounded by wild plants.

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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
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Object ID
108103
Object Type
Print
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Type of artwork” · copied as is
Creator
Albrecht Dürer
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creators (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field · Artist-role creator's description with life dates removed.
Culture
Germany
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Culture” · copied as is
Medium
drypoint
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Medium” · copied as is · Cleveland's 'technique' field holds materials.
Department
Prints
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Tags
  • male
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field artists_tags (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · combined from several museum fields
Credit Line
Gift of Ralph King
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Credit Line” · copied as is
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
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field “Provenance” · copied as is
Date
1512
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
Begin Year
1512
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_earliest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is
End Year
1512
  • Cleveland Museum of Art field creation_date_latest (museum’s label not yet confirmed) · copied as is

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