Saint Jerome in the Desert, between 1494 and 1533

  • Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish, 1494-1533

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 6 × 5 3/8 inches (15.2 × 13.7 cm)

Gift of Bernard F. Walker

68.16

Signed, in plate, lower left edge of image: L

Stamped, in black, verso: J. K. Bronner (Lugt 307) Stamped, in black, verso: Stadelsches Kunstinstitut (Lugt 2396)

Inscribed, in plate, upper left of image: 1516 Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [numeric notations]

J. K. Bronner

Staedelsches Kunstinstitut (Frankfurt, Germany)

Bernard F. Walker

1968-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Jacobowitz, E. S. The Prints of Lucas Van Leyden and His Contemporaries. Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC, 1983, no. 52. Volbehr, T. Lucas Van Leyden. Hamburg, 1888, no. 110.

Lucas van Leyden, Saint Jerome in the Desert, between 1494 and 1533, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Bernard F. Walker, 68.16.