St. Jerome in the Wilderness (S. Hieronymus in Deserto) from The Large Landscapes, Johannes van Doetecum the elder, ca. 1555–56

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St. Jerome in the Wilderness (S. Hieronymus in Deserto) from The Large Landscapes, ca. 1555–56, Etching and engraving, Sheet: 12 3/16 x 16 13/16 in. (31 x cm), Prints, Johannes van Doetecum the elder (Netherlandish, active 1554–ca. 1600, died 1605), Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–72, died before 1589), After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels), The figure of Saint Jerome, the monk and church scholar who sought spiritual refuge in the wilderness, forms but a minute part of this composition. Bent over a book in the right foreground with his lion, the saint pays no attention to the magnificent landscape behind him, divided roughly evenly along a diagonal between a rocky mountainside crowned by a fortress and the calm river valley below

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Size: 3519px × 2577px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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