St Jerome in a dark chamber, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1642

Title(s)

St Jerome in a dark chamber

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-187

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 212-2(3)
• Bartsch 105-2(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 105-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f. 1642’
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

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

Dating

1642

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 152 mm × width 174 mm

What

• the monk and hermit Jerome (Hieronymus); possible attributes: book, cardinal's hat, crucifix, hour-glass, lion, skull, stone

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Rembrandt / compiled by Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, Jaco Rutgers, Erik Hinterding, Ger Luijten, dl. II, p. 106, cat.nr. 212
• Grijsaards in zwart-wit : de verbeelding van de ouderdom in de Nederlandse prentkunst (1550-1650), Anouk Janssen, p. 213, afb. 130
• Dutch and flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, cat.nr. 105
• Tekeningen van Rembrandt, Iohannes Quirijn van Regteren Altena, p. 56, afb. 2