The Penitent St. Jerome 1539–91 Jost Amman Swiss This is one of the earliest known drawings by Amman, a renowned painter, printmaker, and designer who was barely twenty when he made this masterful copy after a woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder (see ). The young artist replaced the arms of the Saxon ruling family with those of his own family and added his monogram, "JAZ" (Jost Amman of Zurich), on the page of the open book held by the saint, possibly out of pride in his work. High-quality, accurate copies like this would have been cherished by collectors, functioning as substitutes for
The Penitent St. Jerome 1539–91 Jost Amman Swiss This is one of the earliest known drawings by Amman, a renowned painter, printmaker, and designer who was barely twenty when he made this masterful copy after a woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder (see ). The young artist replaced the arms of the Saxon ruling family with those of his own family and added his monogram, "JAZ" (Jost Amman of Zurich), on the page of the open book held by the saint, possibly out of pride in his work. High-quality, accurate copies like this would have been cherished by collectors, functioning as substitutes for printed The Penitent St. Jerome 383775 Artist: Jost Amman, Swiss, Zurich before 1539?1591 Nuremberg, Artist: After Lucas Cranach the Elder, German, Kronach 1472?1553 Weimar, The Penitent St. Jerome, 1539?91, Pen and black and grey ink. Double framing line in pen and black ink, by the artist., sheet: 13 9/16 x 9 3/16 in. ( x cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2008 ()
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