St. Jerome / Anonymous German (Anspach)
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1974/1.90
- Title
- St. Jerome
- Artist
- Anonymous German (Anspach)
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Medium and Support
- porcelain
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1760-1770
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- Bavaria (state)
- Mittelfranken (national district)
- Ansbach (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Bavaria (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Mittelfranken (national district)
- Creation Place 5
- Ansbach (inhabited place)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Baroque
- Dimensions
- 22.5 cm x 11.7 cm x 10.2 cm (8 7/8 in. x 4 5/8 in. x 4 in.)
- Century
- 18th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- figure
- Secondary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Secondary Object Type
- figure
- Physical Description
- This small porcelain sculpture represents a gaunt, sinewy bearded figure, who is naked except for a loincloth. With his right knee wedged in a stump, his torso contracts with an inner tension as he pounds his chest with stones in an act of penitence. At his feet sits a lion.
- Subject Matter
- This ascetic figure represents St. Jerome striking his exposed chest with rocks in an act of penance. According to legend the lion at his feet became Jerome’s companion after he had extracted a thorn from its paw.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- ceramics
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- mammals
- materials
- materials by composition
- object genres
- object genres by material
- people and culture
- pottery (object genre)
- religions and religious concepts
- religious concepts
- religious ideologies
- stoneware
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 400 x 728
- File Size
- 19 KB
- Record
- 1974/1.90
- Link to this Item
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"St. Jerome; Anonymous German (Anspach)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1974-sl-1.90/1974_1.90.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.