Saint Jerome in the Desert
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 9 1/8 in. (33.7 × 23.2 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
49.95.1872
Tags
LionsSkullsDesertsSaint Jerome
About the Artist
Lucas Kilian|Bartholomeus Spranger
Lucas Kilian (1579–1637) was one of the most celebrated engravers of early 17th-century Germany and the most prominent member of the Kilian dynasty of printmakers in Augsburg. Born in Augsburg in 1579, Lucas Kilian achieved international recognition for his technically virtuosic engravings and became a leading figure in the transition from late Renaissance to early Baroque printmaking styles. His ...