Collection Online
(Saint Jerome)
Medium
oil on oak panel
Measurements
17.7 × 13.8 cm
Place/s of Execution
Italy
Accession Number
2009.63
Department
International Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Mary Macrae Stewart, 2009
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
19th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
Jerome, Saint lion (species) men (male humans) reading (activity) saints skulls (skeleton components)
Physical description
Work is in a heavily carved gilt frame.

Frame

Though large in scale for the small format of the painting, the frame has not been cut down but custom built to fit the painting.
The oak panel support for the painting has been cut down from a larger format.

Framemaker
Unknown - 19th century
Materials

gilded composition on a timber profile

Condition

small losses and a deteriorated ormolu size layer, otherwise original