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Saint Jerome in His Study
Jan van Eyck1435
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, United States
Details
- Title: Saint Jerome in His Study
- Creator: Jan van Eyck
- Creator Lifespan: 1395 - 1441
- Creator Nationality: Netherlandish
- Creator Gender: Male
- Date: 1435
- Physical Location: Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
- Provenance: Duke of Mantua, Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga (1652-1708); Venice, Field Marshall Johann Matthias von der Schulenberg (died 1747), acquired before 1738; Berlin, Schulenberg family, October 1738 (cited as no. 38 "Andreas Mantegna" in family inventories 1741, 1774); by descent through Schulenberg family, possibly kept at their home Hehlen, near Hanover Berlin, Paul Bottenwieser (dealer), 1924-25, from whom acquired by the DIA. Possible provenance proposed by E. Panofsky: painted for Cardinal Niccolò Albergati (d.1443) acquired by his estate executor Tommaso Parentucelli (later Pope Nicholas V) acquired by Medici family (described in inventory of 1492). See also proposed provenance in Eidelberg & Rowlands, 1994., City of Detroit Purchase
- Physical Dimensions: w5.25 x h8.13 in (panel)
- Type: Painting
- Rights: Detroit Institute of Arts
- External Link: http://dia.org
- Medium: oil on linen paper on oak panel
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