St. Jerome in Penitence

ca. 1497

Albrecht Dürer German, 1471-1528

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Title St. Jerome in Penitence

Artwork Date ca. 1497

Artist Albrecht Dürer

Life Dates 1471-1528

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. German

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Engraving

Dimensions Plate: 12 1/4 × 8 7/8 inches (31.1 × 22.5 cm) Sheet: 12 1/4 × 8 7/8 inches (31.1 × 22.5 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of the Kiefer Family in memory of Madeline and John Kiefer

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2018.52

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Signed Signed in plate, lower center: AD [artist's mark]

Inscriptions Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: 95975 [struck through]; two faded and illegible cursive inscriptions Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: 37001

Marks Watermark at top edge: small one-handled pot [Briquet 12494] Collector's stamps, verso lower right corner, in gray ink: W or M [in circle]; stamp, verso, in gray ink, lower left corner: M [in circle]

Provenance

Madeline Sadie Kiefer [1924-2017] and John Kiefer [died 2002] (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA), by inheritence to Matthew J. Kiefer

2018-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Venus

Hans Sebald Beham

ca. 1539

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