Saint Jerome in His Study

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Saint Jerome in His Study

Lucas van LeydenLinkedCulture matchlcp-8d0271e29b67

Date
1521
Medium
Engraving
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
54245

Few printmakers approached Jerome's lion as sweetly as Lucas van Leyden, the Netherlandish counterpart to Albrecht Dürer. In legend Jerome removed a thorn from the animal's paw, earning himself a lifelong companion. While the saint contemplates the afterlife, the lion lets him know that one foot is still very much of this world. If the lion represents the wilderness where Jerome sought to conquer his physical passions, the animal's cuddly domestication suggests the triumph of rationality over base desire. Netherlands, Europe

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Bequest of Herschel V. Jones

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