Lucas Cranach d. Ä.
(Umkreis)
(1472-1553)
Hl. Hieronymus
Material / Technology / Carrier
Lindenholz (Tilia sp.)
Dimensions of the object
101,3 x 30 cm
Acquisition
1956 aus dem Kunsthandel durch Ankauf erworben
Stock
Staatsgalerie im Schloss Johannisburg
Citation
Lucas Cranach d. Ä.(Umkreis), Hl. Hieronymus, Staatsgalerie im Schloss Johannisburg, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/o5xrmyM47X (Last updated on 09.12.2025)
Like in the Aschaffenburg Triptych on the opposite wall, St Jerome is dressed as a cardinal and accompanied by a lion: according to legend, after he had removed a thorn from the lion’s paw, the wild animal stayed with him as a devoted companion. In this composition, the unknown painter follows Lucas Cranach the Elder’s woodcut after a silver figure of the saint from the Wittenberg Heiltum, one of the largest collections of relics prior to the beginning of the Reformation.
Theis panel was presumably part of a winged altarpiece, of which a corresponding depiction of a canonized ruler (Stephan I of Hungary or Charlemagne?) survives in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg. This work is attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder, which suggests a connection between the unknown artist of the St Jerome panel and the Cranach workshop.
Theis panel was presumably part of a winged altarpiece, of which a corresponding depiction of a canonized ruler (Stephan I of Hungary or Charlemagne?) survives in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg. This work is attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder, which suggests a connection between the unknown artist of the St Jerome panel and the Cranach workshop.
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