Black and white woodcut of an old bearded man at a desk in a small room, with a sleeping lion at lower left and a skull on a shelf.

Saint Jerome in his Cell

A bearded elderly man in a robe kneels at a wooden desk in a sloping-roofed room, reading beside a sleeping lion curled on the floor. A curtain hangs at left, and books, a skull, and jars rest on shelves. Fine parallel hatching renders the stone walls and textiles in this black woodcut.

Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Date: 1511
Medium: Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2475 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1511).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection

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Saint Jerome in his Cell

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