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Saint Jerome in the Wilderness by Albrecht Dürer, 1496, The National Gallery, London
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Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

1496 · Oil on wood (possibly pear) · The National Gallery, London

For Saint Jerome · 30 September

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image 14.8×20 in on a 16×20 in sheet

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About this painting

Jerome kneels with his hand at his breast; the National Gallery says he strikes it with a stone. His cardinal's hat and red robe lie in the grass before him. On a small T-shaped cross of branches, Susan Foister notes, Christ hangs at so acute an angle that His head is hidden, and she reads the white loincloth's colouring as a vision of real presence. Albrecht Dürer painted both sides of the pearwood. The bare back bursts red from a yellow oval; Christof Metzger reads it as the Holy Spirit, a thunderbolt, striking the saint's heart. On the front he strikes; on the back he is struck.

Sources: Susan Foister, 'Saint Jerome' (NG6563), National Gallery Catalogues: The German Paintings before 1800, London 2024. · The National Gallery, London, 'Albrecht Duerer, Saint Jerome', NG6563.

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The Record
Date 1496
Collection The National Gallery, London
Subject Saints
Season Ordinary Time
Master 8,746 px
License Public domain
Attribution The National Gallery, London · NG6563

The original, as its museum records it

Artist Albrecht Dürer
Date About 1496
Medium Oil on wood (possibly pear)
Dimensions 23.1 × 17.4 cm
Holding The National Gallery, London · NG6563

Every line above is reproduced from the holding institution’s own catalogue entry, which is linked. Where their title, date or attribution differs from ours, theirs is the one printed here.

The file this print is made from

Source Albrecht Dürer 012.jpg
Master 8,746 px on the long edge
Rights Public domain — the photograph as well as the painting
At a glance
ArtistAlbrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Date1496
MuseumThe National Gallery, London
AccessionNG6563
MediumOil on wood (possibly pear)
Dimensions23.1 × 17.4 cm
Sheet sizes16×20 in, 18×24 in, 24×36 in
Provenance of the file
Held byThe National Gallery, London · NG6563 the museum’s record
Source fileWikimedia Commons · Albrecht Dürer 012.jpg
LicencePublic domain
Master6,487 × 8,746 px, the file our printer receives
ChainTaken from Wikimedia Commons; held as our print master.

The sheets

16×20 in sheet 16×20 in · image 14.8×20 in · archival margin · 437 dpi
18×24 in sheet 18×24 in · image 17.8×24 in · archival margin · 364 dpi
24×36 in sheet 24×36 in · image 24×32.4 in · archival margin · 270 dpi

Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 8,746 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.