Saint Jerome in His Study (Durer Full)
1514 · Engraving · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528)
- Year
- 1514
- Medium
- Engraving
- Original size
- 24.7 × 18.7 cm
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Movement
- Northern Renaissance
- Series
- Meisterstiche (Master Engravings)
Saint Jerome sits writing at a desk at the far end of a low wooden room, sunlight falling through round-paned windows across the floor; a lion and a sleeping dog lie in the foreground, and a skull rests on the window ledge, a large gourd hangs from the beams and slippers, books and an hourglass are set about. The lion belongs to Jerome's legend, in which he took a thorn from its paw. Dürer engraved the plate in 1514, signing and dating it on a small tablet on the floor. It is the third of his Master Engravings with Melencolia I and Knight, Death and the Devil, and the three have been read as the medieval spheres of life: the knight the active and moral, Melencolia the intellectual, and Jerome the contemplative and theological. The steep perspective from an off-centre viewpoint makes the room feel close, as if one stood just inside the door. This impression is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A scholar at his desk in a sunlit wooden study with a sleeping lion and dog, warm black line on cream, made for a study, library or home office at 18×24 in natural wood. A white, oatmeal or pale green wall; it pairs with The Geographer.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Northern Renaissance painting
- Era
- 16th century (1514)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- black & white
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- study or library, home office, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 18×24. Prints at 12×16, 18×24 in — 12×16 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 18×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
