St Jerome praying: arched, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632

Title(s)

St Jerome praying: arched

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1961-1044

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 112-2(5)
• Bartsch 101-1(3)
• Hollstein Dutch 101-1(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1632’
• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Rembrandt van Rijn

Dating

1632

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 110 mm × width 81 mm

What

• the monk and hermit Jerome (Hieronymus); possible attributes: book, cardinal's hat, crucifix, hour-glass, lion, skull, stone
• (private) prayer; 'Oratione', 'Preghiere', 'Preghiere a Dio' (Ripa)

Credit line

• Mr and Mrs De Bruijn-van der Leeuw Bequest, Muri, Switzerland

Acquisition

bequest 1961

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. I, p. 175, cat.nr. 112
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 101