Saint Jerome in a Landscape

Domenico Campagnola helped to establish a
specialized collector’s market for landscape
drawings, building upon the legacy of his
father, Giulio Campagnola, and Titian. Like
Titian, Domenico’s works emphasize God’s power as expressed through the natural
world. Hermit Saint Jerome, at lower left,
sits in spiritual contemplation within a
dynamic landscape rendered with Domenico’s
distinctive linear style, complete with rustic
houses, humble tree groves, and grand distant
vistas. Independent drawings (drawings
made as works of art in and of themselves)
were a new category of drawing advanced by
Domenico and others.