Rijksmuseum

Hieronymus in een donker vertrek

Date

1642

Medium

paper

Institution

Rijksmuseum

This is the most classic rendering of St Jerome that Rembrandt ever etched. He sits in his study, pensively reading a book. Without the lion in the right foreground, barely visible in early impressions, it would be unclear who is represented. It must have been a challenge for Rembrandt to model the dark chamber with only the dim light falling through the window.

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