Saint Jerome in his Study by Candlelight, Aertgen Claesz van Leyden (attributed to), c. 1520 - c. 1530

Identification

Title(s)

Saint Jerome in his Study by Candlelight

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3903

Inscriptions / marks

inscription, upper left on a cartouche under the mirror: ‘IC (or IG)’
inscription, piece of paper on the table: ‘Respice fin[e]m’

Description

De heilige Hieronymus in zijn studeervertrek bij kaarslicht. De geleerde is in gepeins verzonken, starend naar een schedel in de linkerhand. Aan de muur hangt een kardinaalshoed en een rozenkrans, links een spiegel, boven een plankje met een zandloper. Op de tafel voor hem ligt een opengeslagen boek en een inktstel.

Creation

Artist

painter: Aertgen Claesz van Leyden (attributed to)
painter: Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen (rejected attribution)

Place

Leiden

Dating

c. 1520 - c. 1530

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

Measurements

support: height 48 cm × width 37.7 cm × height 47.4 cm (painted surface) × width 37.2 cm (painted surface)

Subject

What

St. Jerome as Doctor of the Latin Church in his study with book, pen and ink; lion and cardinal's hat beside him

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1956

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

Inv.; ….; ? estate inventory, Duke of Lauderdale, Ham House, near London, late 17th century (‘St. Gerome by Lucas van Leyda’);{Manuscript in Victoria & Albert Museum; Bruyn/Millar 1962, p. 294.} …; Lord Dysart;{Note RMA.} …; the dealer P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1955;{Dealer cat. De Boer 1955, unpaged and unnumbered.} from whom, fl. 13,600, to the museum, 1956

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Lucas van Leyden en de Renaissance, p. 290, cat.nr. 83
Stad van boeken : handschrift en druk in Leiden 1260-2000, André Bouwman, p. 269, afb. 1
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 345
Johannes Cornelisz Vermeyen, Egbert Pelinck
Een heilige Hieronymus van Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen, 136, afb. 1
Aanwinsten
J. Bruyn en O. Millar, 'Notes on the Royal Collection. 3: The 'Dutch Gift' to Charles I', The Burlington Magazine 104 (1962).
J. Bruyn, 'Twee St. Antonius-panelen en andere werken van Aertgen van Leyden', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch jaarboek 11 (1960), 79, 93.

Persistent URL

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