Saint Jerome
c. 1477
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall: 54.95 × 37.3 cm (21 5/8 × 14 11/16 in.) gross weight: 14934.6 gr (32.925 lb.) framed: 106.68 × 76.2 × 15.24 cm (42 × 30 × 6 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1957.14.12
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Francesco di Giorgio Martini · 1439–1501
Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439–1501) was a quintessential Renaissance polymath from Siena, Italy, excelling as a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and theorist in the Sienese School tradition. Baptized on September 23, 1439, to a poultry dealer named Francesco Maurizio di Giorgio di Martino, his early life remains sparsely documented, with the first record of his artistic activity appear...