Saint John and Saint Jerome (fragment from a Crucifixion)
ca. 1490s
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
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 ...