St. Jerome in Penitence, with Two Ships in a Harbor

Anonymousca. 1460-1480 (restrike printed ca. 1812)

Details

Title: St. Jerome in Penitence, with Two Ships in a Harbor
Creator: Anonymous
Date Created: ca. 1460-1480 (restrike printed ca. 1812)
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1937
Materials & Techniques: Engraving on wove paper
Keywords: animals, harbors, lions, marine views, penitence, religions, religious art, restrikes, Saint Jerome, saints, ships
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: Posthumous, printed ca. 1812 from the verso of the plate for Anonymous (Italian, Florentine School, Fine manner), “The Inferno According to Dante” (1944.D1.16); no contemporary impressions are known; impressions of this print were published in the second edition of Pisa Illustrata, Livorno, 1812
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 218 mm x 282 mm (8.58 in. x 11.1 in.). Sheet dimensions: 220 mm x 283 mm (8.66 in. x 11.14 in.).
Bibliography: Hind A. I-58 (vol. 1, p. 48, plate 54); Passavant 20 (vol. 5, p. 17); National Gallery of Art, “Early Italian Engraving” cat. 11; PCA Census; cf. Ivins, Prints and Visual Communication, pp. xi–xii
Associated People: Created by Anonymous
Accession Number: 1937.D1.78

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