File:Aertgen van Leyden 003.jpg
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Summary
Saint Jerome in his study by candlelight
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| Title |
Saint Jerome in his Study by Candlelight  |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
religious art |
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| Description |
Saint Jerome in his study by candlelight. The scholar is in deep thought, staring at a scull in his left hand. On the wall behind him hang his cardinal's hat, a rosary and, to the left, a mirror. Above him a shelve with an hourglass on it. On the table in front of him are an opened book and an inkstand. |
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| Depicted people |
Jerome |
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| Date |
between circa 1520 and circa 1530 |
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| Medium |
oil on oak panel |
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| Dimensions |
height: 47.4 cm (18.6 in) ; width: 37.2 cm (14.6 in) |
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| Collection |
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| Accession number |
B 1414 |
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| Place of creation | Leiden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
by 1625: Knights of St John, Haarlem (?)
1625: ownership transferred to the city of Haarlem (?) 1628: transferred to the Prinsenhof (?) 2 November 1628: purchased from the city of Haarlem (?) 1636: given to Charles I of England (1600-1649), London, by the States of Holland (as Lucas van Leyden) (?) 1 February 1653: purchased by Thomas Green et al. at the sale of the collection of Charles I of England at an unknown auction house, Greenwich (?) by 1955: P. de Boer (art dealer), Amsterdam 1956: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Inventory number SK-A-3903, from P. de Boer, Amsterdam |
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| Exhibition history |
Books in the Age of Rembrandt, Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, 9 July 2008–13 October 2008. |
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| Inscriptions |
Monogram top left: C I [or G I]
Text bottom left: Respice fin[e]m
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| References |
J. Bruyn (1960) 'Twee St. Antonius-panelen en andere werken van Aertgen van Leyden', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch jaarboek, vol. 11, 79, 93. J. Bruyn, O. Millar (1962) 'Notes on the Royal Collection. 3: The 'Dutch Gift' to Charles I', The Burlington Magazine, vol. 104. Pieter J. J. van Thiel et al. (1976) All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Maarssen: Gary Schwartz, ISBN 90-6179-010-7, p. 345, with image in black and white, as Attributed to Aertgen van Leyden. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Attributed to Aertgen van Leyden, Saint Jerome in his Study by Candlelight, circa 1520-circa 1530, height: 48 cm (18.8 in); width: 37.7 cm (14.8 in). RKDimages, Art-work number 29768, as Attributed to Aertgen van Leyden, De H. Hieronymus in zijn studeervertrek, 1513-1564, height: 48 cm (18.8 in); width: 38 cm (14.9 in) Web Gallery of Art, as Aertgen van Leyden, St Jerome, height: 48 cm (18.8 in); width: 38 cm (14.9 in). |
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| Source/Photographer |
Web Gallery of Art:  Image  Info about artwork |
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