Heilige Hieronymus
Jan Lievens
1630 - 1631
Medium
etching
Dimensions
275; 320
About this artwork
De heilige Hieronymus als kluizenaar zittend in een grot met een schedel op schoot en en crucifix in de handen.
About the Artist
Jan Lievens · 1607–1674
Jan Lievens (1607–1674) was born in Leiden and showed exceptional artistic promise from an early age, beginning his training with the local painter Joris van Schooten before traveling to Amsterdam around 1617 to study for two years under Pieter Lastman—the same teacher who would later instruct Rembrandt van Rijn. Lievens and Rembrandt, near-contemporaries born in the same city, subsequently shared...