St Jerome Kneeling
Maria Louisa Caterina Cecilia Cosway
1800
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Maria Louisa Caterina Cecilia Cosway
1800
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
St Jerome Kneeling is a 1800 by Maria Louisa Caterina Cecilia Cosway, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The title of this print is St Jerome Kneeling, made by Maria Cosway in 1800. Maria Cosway was a skilled painter who made prints in England and France. She specialized in a technique that allowed her to reproduce drawings. Her husband supported her printmaking, thinking it suitable for women artists. This print is part of the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and to learn more about similar art, look into the movement: Romanticism.
The black-and-white etching depicts Saint Jerome kneeling on the ground. Produced around 1800, it reflects Maria Cosway’s use of soft-ground etching to emulate chalk or wash drawings. Cosway created the print during her period of activity in England, where she contributed to the expanding British print market.
Read the full account in the museum source.
She painted saints on her knees but danced at masquerades all night. In 1800 she showed St Jerome Kneeling in tight robes that look like they’re melting, the rock behind him lit like a stage set. If you’ve ever seen a…
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