Artwork
Saint Jerome
Saint Jerome is an oil painting by the Northern Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder. It dates from 1549 and is held in the collection of the Bavarian State Painting Collections.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The composition focuses on Jerome as the main subject within this wild landscape, emphasizing his spiritual isolation.
The painting depicts Saint Jerome, specifically presenting him in the wilderness. As a work of religious art, the subject represents the saint in a setting of solitude and penitence, consistent with traditional iconography of Jerome's life as a hermit. The composition focuses on Jerome as the main subject within this wild landscape, emphasizing his spiritual isolation.
Created by Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1549, the oil painting on lime panel visualizes the saint's withdrawal from society to pursue a life of prayer and asceticism.
Technique & Style
Created in 1549, this religious painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder is executed in oil paint applied to a lime panel. The work measures 38 cm in height and 28 cm in width, depicting the main subject of Jerome in the wilderness. As a panel painting from the late period of the artist, it represents a specific approach to the genre of religious art within the Bavarian State Painting Collections.
History & Provenance
Lucas Cranach the Elder painted Saint Jerome in 1549 as an oil work on lime panel. The piece entered the collection of the Bavarian State Painting Collections and has been displayed at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich since its acquisition. The painting portrays Jerome in the wilderness, reflecting the religious subject typical of Cranach's output in the mid-sixteenth century.
The painting is held by the Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich, where it is inventoried as part of the holdings of the Alte Pinakothek.
It was first recorded in 1549, matching the date inscribed on the work.
The painting has not been recorded in any documented exhibition histories according to available sources.
Context
The painting Saint Jerome by Lucas Cranach the Elder was created in 1549 and is housed in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, part of the Bavarian State Painting Collections. It depicts Jerome in the wilderness, rendered in oil paint on lime panel, reflecting the religious art genre characteristic of Cranach’s output in the German Renaissance. The work’s composition and iconography have been analyzed within the context of Cranach’s broader thematic interests, particularly his engagement with patristic subjects and reformist visual culture.
Overview
This 1549 oil painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder is titled 'Saint Jerome'. It is held at the Alte Pinakothek.
Artist & collection
Artist
Lucas Cranach the Elder was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving.
