Ruins with the Penitent Saint Jerome

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Maarten van Heemskerck (after)
,
Hieronymus Cock (etchers)

Date

1552

Period

16th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
In a landscape with remains of Roman ruins, Saint Jerome kneels on the ground and hits himself with a stone. His cloak and cardinal's hat lie on a stone wall. He rests on a skull. The lion's symbol lies at the top of a low staircase, licking its paws.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Maarten van Heemskerck VIAF RKD Wikidata, Hieronymus Cock VIAF RKD Wikidata
Type etching
Category prints (visual works)
Material paper
Dimensions 228 x 350 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2018-FZ
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, landscapes , cityscapes (representations)
Tags saints Iconclass, the monk and hermit Jerome (Hieronymus); possible attributes: book, cardinal's hat, crucifix, hour-glass, lion, skull, stone Iconclass, skull as symbol of 'Vanitas' Iconclass, cardinal Iconclass, head-gear: hat Iconclass, beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion Iconclass, anchorite, hermit Iconclass, ruin of a building ~ architecture Iconclass, landscape with ruins Iconclass, collapsing building Iconclass, Good and Bad Behaviour, Moral Qualities (opposing concepts) Iconclass, ascetic life and practice Iconclass, mortification of the senses ~ ascetic life Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2018-FZ
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11235/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2018-FZ
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