Saint Jerome Penitent [left panel]

Niederländische Malerei 1445–1530, circa 1509/1512

A man hangs on a cross nestled into the splayed opening of a splintered, barren tree in a rocky landscape in this narrow, vertical composition, which is painted entirely in black and gray. The man’s hands are nailed to the ends of the wide crossbeam of the cross, and his overlapping feet are nailed to the vertical beam. He wears a ring of thorns on his head and a loincloth across his hips. A voluminous cloth lies just beyond the tree, and farther back on the angular rocks are a lion and mule. A cliff rises steeply to our left and a body of water to our right leads back to a castle-like structure.
Artista
Niederländische Malerei 1445–1530
Datazione
circa 1509/1512
Tipologia
Dipinto
Tecnica
Olio su tavola
Dimensioni
86,7 × 24,5 cm
Collezione
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licenza
Pubblico dominio, CC0

Descrizione dell’immagine

A man hangs on a cross nestled into the splayed opening of a splintered, barren tree in a rocky landscape in this narrow, vertical composition, which is painted entirely in black and gray. The man’s hands are nailed to the ends of the wide crossbeam of the cross, and his overlapping feet are nailed to the vertical beam. He wears a ring of thorns on his head and a loincloth across his hips. A voluminous cloth lies just beyond the tree, and farther back on the angular rocks are a lion and mule. A cliff rises steeply to our left and a body of water to our right leads back to a castle-like structure.

Niederländische Malerei 1445–1530