Saint Jerome Reading in an Italianate Landscape

etching and drypoint, printed with surface tone on Japanese paperfirst state of two, c. 1653

The upright format and diagonal sweep of this etching were derived from Titian. Rembrandt underscored the diagonal layout of the depiction by alternating passages of light and shade. He left the foreground deliberately unfinished to produce the effect of bright sunlight. The shaded area behind Jerome is a dense web of parallel and criss-crossed drypoint lines.

Artwork typeprint
Object numberRP-P-OB-184
Dimensionsheight 260 mm x width 209 mm
Physical characteristicsets en droge naald, met plaattoon, gedrukt op Japans papier

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Saint Jerome Reading in an Italianate Landscape

Identification

Title(s)
- Saint Jerome Reading in an Italianate Landscape
- St Jerome reading in an Italian landscape
Object type
Object number
RP-P-OB-184
Inscriptions / marks
collector's mark: Lugt 240
Description
The upright format and diagonal sweep of this etching were derived from Titian. Rembrandt underscored the diagonal layout of the depiction by alternating passages of light and shade. He left the foreground deliberately unfinished to produce the effect of bright sunlight. The shaded area behind Jerome is a dense web of parallel and criss-crossed drypoint lines.
Catalogue reference
New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 275-1(2)

Creation

Creation
- print maker: Rembrandt van Rijn
- after own design by: after design of Rembrandt van Rijn
Dating
c. 1653
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Material and technique

Physcial description
ets en droge naald, met plaattoon, gedrukt op Japans papier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 260 mm x width 209 mm

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Subject

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Acquisition and rights

Ownership
Copyright
Public domain

Documentation

- New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish (Rembrandt text) 275-1(2)
- S.D. Kuretsky, 'Rembrandt's tree stump. An iconographic attribute of St Jerome', The Art Bulletin 56 (1974), p. 576-578
- C.B. Scallen, 'Rembrandt's etching St Jerome reading in an Italian landscape', Delineavit et Sculpsit 8 (1992), p. 1-11
- Bartsch 104-1(2)
- Hollstein Dutch 104-1(2)

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