"id","title","medium","classification","dimension","object_name","continent","country","culture","dated","room","style","inscription","signed","markings","text","description","provenance","portfolio","creditline","accession_number","artist","role","nationality","life_date","image_copyright","department","rights_type","image","image_width","image_height","restricted","public_access","curator_approved","catalogue_raissonne","art_champions_text","see_also","searchTerm","searchScore" "47043","St. Jerome in Penitence","Engraving"," Prints","12 7/16 x 8 3/4 in. (31.59 x 22.23 cm) (image)","Print","Europe","Germany",,"c. 1497","Not on View","15th-16th century","","","","","","Knoedler & Co.",,"Bequest of Herschel V. Jones","P.68.144","Artist: Albrecht Dürer","Artist","German","German, 1471–1528","","European Art","Public Domain","valid",1874,2636,0,"1",0,"B.61; M.57 b/g; Holl. 57 ii/ii; D.11",,"[""47043"",""47048""]",, "47048","Saint Jerome in Penitence","Engraving"," Prints","12 3/16 x 8 13/16 in. (30.96 x 22.38 cm) (sheet, cut close)","Print","Europe","Germany",,"c. 1496-1497","Not on View","15th-16th century","","","","As a desert hermit, Jerome learned Hebrew from a monk (a convert from Judaism) to distract him from his sexual appetites. When that didn't work, he turned to self-torture, which is why he often holds a rock. Said his friend Saint Augustine, ""Three times every day he beat his flesh so hard that rivers of blood flowed from his body."" In this early print, Albrecht Dürer used Jerome's exile as an opportunity to render the fantastic art of nature that he found in the Alpine landscape.","","",,"Gift of Albert and Parker Trostel","P.86.40","Artist: Albrecht Dürer","Artist","German","German, 1471–1528","","European Art","Public Domain","valid",4990,6783,0,"1",0,"M.57 d/g",,"[""47043"",""47048""]",,