Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
Nicolò Boldrini
1525–30
Medium
Woodcut in black on paper
Dimensions
38.2 × 52.7 cm (15 1/16 × 20 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
23550
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
After having a vision in which he was judged before God for his failure to convert to Christianity, Saint Jerome retreated to the Syrian desert to seek penance. Niccolò Boldrini’s large-scale woodcut shows a minute Jerome living in peace with a pride of lions, who are grateful to him for removing a thorn from one of their paws. Boldrini worked closely with Titian, to whom this print has sometimes been credited. Titian controlled the details of the composition; however, Boldrini cut and printed t...