St. Jerome in his study

Details

Bartsch 60; Meder 59 b-c (from f); Schoch/Mende/Scherbaum 70 b-c (from f).

Description

Very good, finely drawn and warm-toned impression, printed before the curved scratch in the ceiling. Cut just inside the plate edge. Dürer created his “Three Master Engravings” of almost the same size, which have long been assumed to form a conceptual whole, between 1513 and 1514. In a room designed according to the rules of central perspective, you can see the favourite saint of the humanistically educated translating the Bible from the original Greek text into the Latin Vulgate. The sheet derives its effect from the textural quality of the of the various objects depicted, rendered with great virtuosity, for example the soft fur of the lion, the crumbling edges of the masonry or the lively grain of the wood beam ceiling. What is unique, however, is the depiction of the light coming in through the window panes on the left, painting delicate scrolls on the masonry and window struts. – Paper slightly yellowed and with foxmarks throughout. Smaller, closed tears. A horizontal, smoothed crease on the reverse, otherwise a fine example.