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Print (Engraving) of St Jerome in his Study, by Albrecht Durer, 1514

Inventory Number 16725


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.16725

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Signed within the image '1514 A D' [= Albrecht Durer].
Other inscriptions
Pencil inscription on back: 'B VII = 76 = 60'.
Physical material
Paper
Object type
Print
Inventory No
16725

Description

Durer's famous engraving is a dense allegorical composition featuring the saint at his desk with hiis recumbent lion in the foreground, and surrounded by numerous symbolic objects. See also 60252, 'Melencolia I', which is a companion work.