Rocky Landscape with St. Jerome
Medium
Engraving; first state
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 28 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.95.1410
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the *Rocky Landscape with St Jerome*, a collaborative print by Flemish painter Jan Brueg the Elder and engraver Aegidius Sadeler II, we encounter a dramatic depiction of the saintly hermit amid a rugged, natural wilderness. Brueghel, renowned for his intricate landscapes in the early Baroque style, likely provided the original design, capturing the sublime beauty and untamed power of rocks, trees, and distant vistas. Sadeler, a master reproductive engraver from a prominent family of printmakers, translated this vision into the first state of an engraving—its pristine lines preserving fine d...
About the Artist
Aegidius Sadeler II|Jan Brueghel the Elder|Aegidius Sadeler II · 1568–1629
Netherlandish, Antwerp 1568–1629 Prague