Saint Jerome in a Cave

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Saint Jerome in a Cave

Albrecht AltdorferLinkedCulture matchlcp-ec78a3338e8d

Date
c. 1480–1538
Medium
Woodcut
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
49909

In the late 1400s, Saint Jerome grew to have yet another symbol-a dead tree stump. In Albrecht Dürer's woodcut (P.231), it rests in the left foreground; in Albrecht Altdorfer's, the stump anchors the base of Jerome's crucifix. In these contexts, the stump represents the wood of the Cross, and its proximity to the saint implies mortal transience and spiritual salvation through Christ's sacrifice. Germany, Europe

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Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1925

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