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St Jerome in a Dark Chamber
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This is the most classic rendering of St Jerome that Rembrandt ever etched. He sits in his study, pensively reading a book. Without the lion in the right foreground, barely visible in early impressions, it would be unclear who is represented. It must have been a challenge for Rembrandt to model the dark chamber with only the dim light falling through the window.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineHieronymus in een donker vertrek. 1642. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
