1465
paint
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Saint Jerome in His Study is a 1465 paint by German 15th Century, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a man sitting at a desk, surrounded by books and a lion at his feet. His face looks serious, and he’s holding a book open. The background is packed with tiny carved details—buildings, plants, and strange creatures. The colors are muted but pop in rust-red, green, and yellow. The lion at his feet is a common symbol in art for loyalty or penitence. This style of carving and coloring was used for prints in the 1400s. Look up Renaissance to see how this fits into the bigger art movement.
This 15th-century German artist carved vivid religious scenes into metal and wood, then hand-painted them in bright, symbolic colors.
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