1514
ink
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Saint Jerome in a Courtyard is a 1514 ink by Albrecht Altdorfer, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white engraving shows a bearded man in heavy robes kneeling beside a lion. He’s holding a rock and looks deep in thought. Behind him, a stone building with arched windows and a tower stands, while a bushy plant fills the right side. The man is Saint Jerome, a scholar known for talking to animals—here, the lion seems calm. The artist used fine lines to build up shadows and texture, like on the lion’s fur or the building’s bricks. Check out engraving to see how artists like this carved detailed images into metal plates.
Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480 – 12 February 1538) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg. Along with Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber he is regarded to be the main…
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