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St Jerome reading
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
St Jerome once helped a lion by removing a painful thorn from its paw, and is thus often depicted together with the animal. Here the creature looks like a strapping, misshapen cat, undoubtedly because Rembrandt at this point had never seen a real lion. He probably based his representation on (equally awkward) models in 16th-century prints.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineLezende Hieronymus. 1634. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
