MAKE A MEME View Large Image Italian - Devotional Plaque with Saint Jerome in the Wilderness - Walters 4612 - Back.jpg St Jerome the translator of the Bible into Latin was often depicted as a hermit in his wilderness retreat engaged in meditations on the cross This ...
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Keywords: Italian - Devotional Plaque with Saint Jerome in the Wilderness - Walters 4612 - Back.jpg St Jerome the translator of the Bible into Latin was often depicted as a hermit in his wilderness retreat engaged in meditations on the cross This exquisitely subtle example of reverse painting wonderfully exploits the luminosity for which the technique is valued Light appears to suffuse the clearing dappling the foliage and the saint while drawing the eye towards the opening sky at the rim The depiction of a landscape on a scale this small demanded great skill and this object would have been prized for the difficulty involved in making it ca 1550 Renaissance amelierung reverse painted rock crystal enamel and gilded frame cm 9 5 12 7 accession number 46 12 26330 Leon Gruel Paris Henry Walters Baltimore 1929 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Plaquettes Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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