Saint John and Saint Jerome (fragment from a Crucifixion)

Saint John and Saint Jerome (fragment from a Crucifixion) by Francesco Rosselli|Filippino Lippi

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Sheet: 5 11/16 × 2 7/8 in. (14.5 × 7.3 cm) trimmed around the figures

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Dr. and Mrs. Goodwin M. Breinin Gift, 1988

Accession Number

1988.1102

Tags

Saint JeromeSaint John the Baptist

Art Historical Context

This delicate engraving, *Saint John and Saint Jeromefragment from a Crucifix)*, dates to around the 1490s and is attributed to the Florentine engraver Francesco Rosselli possibly after a design by the painter Filippino Lip. Measuring just 5 11/16 × 2 7/8 inches, the trimmed sheet captures two revered saints—Saint John the Baptist and Saint Jerome—in a moment of poignant devotion, likely flanking the crucified Christ in a larger composition. Created during the Italian Renaissance, it exemplifies the era's growing mastery of printmaking, a revolutionary medium that allowed artists to reproduce ...

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