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Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
Hans Baldung (Grien) (German, 1484 or 1485–1545)
1511
Medium/Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
Image: 12.7 x 8.8 cm (5 x 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number1988.154
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Bartsch 034; Geisberg 108; Hollstein 121; Mende 21; Yale 26
Signed
Signed in block, on tablet, lower right: HBG [monogram]
Marks
Watermark [?]; verso, collector's initials in black ink: W.S. [William Sharp; Lugt 2650] collector's stamp in purple: shield with the initials A. B. [Albert Blum; similar to but not exactly like Lugt 79b]; very faint MFA stamp with accession number in graphite: 1988.154; in graphite: High crown
InscriptionsDated in block, on tablet below monogram, lower right: 1511
ProvenanceWilliam Sharp (b. 1749 - d. 1824; Lugt 2650), Manchester, UK. Dr. Albert W. Blum (b. 1882 - d. 1952; Lugt 79b), Switzerland and Short Hills, New Jersey; by descent to his heirs; February 27, 1988, Blum sale, Sotheby's, New York, lot 1123; purchased from that sale by the MFA. (Accession date: March 23, 1988)