Saint Jerome in Penitence, in a Cave
Albrecht Altdorfer
1500/38
Medium
Wood engraving in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image/block/sheet: 16.8 × 12 cm (6 5/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
Classification
wood engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
77846
About the Artist
Albrecht Altdorfer · 1475–1538
Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480–1538) was a German painter, printmaker, and draftsman who stands as one of the founders of landscape painting as an independent genre. Born in Regensburg or nearby Altdorf, he learned art from his father Ulrich, a painter and miniaturist. Altdorfer spent most of his life in Regensburg, becoming a citizen in 1505 and later serving as the city's official architect and a m...