Explore the History of this artwork, St. Jerome in the Wilderness (Dürer).
The work was attributed to Dürer in 1957, based on the resemblance between the lion and a similar animal on a membrane drawing from the artist's second trip to Venice, now at the Hamburger Kunsthalle. The lion was almost surely drawn from St. Mark's Lion depictions in the city.
The painting was previously in the Fitzwilliam Museum of Cambridge, and was later bought by the London museum.
St. Jerome was a common subject of art at the time. Dürer for this work was probably inspired by similar depictions by Giovanni Bellini, or other artists influenced by Andrea Mantegna.
Giovanni Bellini Fitzwilliam Museum St. Mark's Lion Andrea Mantegna Hamburger Kunsthalle Dürer Cambridge London