Landschaft mit dem Heiligen Hieronymus

c. 1520

Joachim Patinir and workshopc. 1475 Dinant – 1524 Antwerpen
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The Legenda aurea tells how the church father Jerome, as a hermit, frees a lion from a thorn. He then serves as guardian of the monastery donkey; but while he is carelessly sleeping (below right), it is kidnapped by merchants. Later, he will steal the loot from them again. The painting varies a picture of Patenier (Madrid, Prado) using another version (London, National Gallery); Koch assumes that it was created as the first work of the master of female half-figures in the workshop of Patenier.
Also known as
Landscape with Saint Jerome Paysage avec saint Jérôme
Medium
Tempera on oak panel
Dimensions
image: 25 x 34 cm
Inventory number
R 23
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, The Ruzicka Foundation, 1949