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Saint Jerome Penitent

Maker

(artist)
1576-1638

Title

Date of Production

(circa) 1610

Medium

black chalk, brown wash, white bodycolour, squared in black chalk, on brown-prepared laid paper, laid down on a historic support

Dimensions

Height: 17.6 cm
Width: 14.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3779

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

Illuminated from above, Saint Jerome is shown as a hermit in this dramatic chiaroscuro drawing. He is the patron saint of the Hieronymite Order, which was closely identified with the Spanish Habsburg monarchy, as it occupied the royal monastery of El Escorial and the convent of San Jerónimo in Madrid. A court painter since his early career, Vicente Carducho would have had numerous occasions to depict the saint, who, as a penitent in the desert, was prominent in Counter-Reformation imagery.

Provenance

Achille Chariatte (early 20th century), L.88a; his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 30 April - 1 May 1923; E. Parsons & Sons, cat. 41, lot 138 (around 1922); E. Parsons and Sons, cat. 46, lot 124 (around 1925); Drey Gallery (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

The Spanish Line - From Ribera to Picasso, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 13/10/2011-15/01/2012

The golden age of Spanish art: from El Greco to Murillo and Valdes Leal: paintings and drawings from British Collections, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 11/02/1980-29/03/1980

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)

Literature

Véliz, Zahira, Spanish Drawings in the Courtauld Gallery: complete catalogue, London, 2011
no. 12
ill. on p. 79

Angulo Iñiguez, Diego and Alfonso E. Perez, A Corpus of Spanish Drawings, New York 1975-1988; 4 vols.
vol. I, p. 32, n o. 95
pl. XX

The golden age of Spanish art: from El Greco to Murillo and Valdes Leal: paintings and drawings from British Collections, Nottingham University Art Gallery, 1980
cat. no. 15 ...More

Spanish drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1978 (March - May)
cat. no. 8 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to see any due to support and ground on paper.

Collector's mark: Support (historic), Verso: left lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower left edge, stamped in red ink: Achille Chariatte (L.88a).

Inscription: Support (historic), Recto: lower left and centre edge, brown ink: “No. 15. Carducho 190 rs.”. Support (historic), Verso: lower left, grey ink: “S.b.” [or “S.6.” or “5.6.].

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