Saint Jerome in His Study

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Maker

Hendrick van, the younger Steenwijck
ca. 1580-1649 (Life dates)

Title

Saint Jerome in His Study

Date of Production

1624

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

Height: 27 cm (panel)
Width: 21.7 cm (panel)

Object Number

P.1978.PG.423

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

On display

Keywords

  • settles

Label Text

The theme of Saint Jerome at work translating the Bible into Latin was an opportunity for painters to depict complex interior scenes. Here, Hendrik van Steenwijk used a perspective grid to create a maze-like structure. The figures, including Jerome’s tamed lion, inject life into the composition.

Steenwijk moved from the Netherlands to London a few years before painting this delicate work, which is signed and dated on the front step. It was probably made for an English aristocrat and kept it in a picture cabinet. Such small and precious works were meant to be handled and closely examined.

Provenance

Princes Gate Bequest 1978

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