St. Jerome, Januarius Johann Rasso Zick

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Januarius Johann Rasso Zick, St. Jerome
Januarius Johann Rasso Zick, St. Jerome
Januarius Johann Rasso Zick
St. Jerome
circa 1770
St. Jerome, circa 1770
Where object was made: Germany
Material/technique: oil; panel
Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 28.5 x 20.3 cm
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 11 1/4 x 8 0.99213 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1959.0037
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Corpus," Apr-2012, Kris Ercums This painting depicts St. Jerome in his study, gazing at a crucifix while surrounded by dusty tomes and leaning, enrapt, over a large volume. During the fourth century, Jerome was a prolific writer and theologian whose translations of the Old Testament into Latin and commentaries on the Bible helped to shape the early Church. While living as a hermit in the desert outside Antioch, in what is now Turkey, Jerome acquired his attribute, the lion, when one of these beasts is said to have come to the saint and allowed him to remove a thorn lodged in its paw. Here, the lion echoes the saint’s pose, perhaps implying spiritual strength.