id:			149074
accession number:	1977.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.2
updated:		2024-03-26 11:01:43.562000

Saint Jerome, c. 1621. Hendrick ter Brugghen (Dutch, 1588–1629). Oil on canvas; framed: 149.2 x 125.4 x 8.3 cm (58 3/4 x 49 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.); painted surface: 125.5 x 102 cm (49 7/16 x 40 3/16 in.); tacking margins of oritinal fabric let out: 131.5 x 107 cm (51 3/4 x 42 1/8 in.); former: 148 x 124.1 x 7 cm (58 1/4 x 48 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1977.2

title:				Saint Jerome
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creation date:			c. 1621
creation date earliest:		1616
creation date latest:		1626
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	Flanders
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - Netherlandish-Dutch
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Hendrick ter Brugghen (Dutch, 1588–1629)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 149.2 x 125.4 x 8.3 cm (58 3/4 x 49 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.); Painted surface: 125.5 x 102 cm (49 7/16 x 40 3/16 in.); Tacking margins of oritinal fabric let out: 131.5 x 107 cm (51 3/4 x 42 1/8 in.); Former: 148 x 124.1 x 7 cm (58 1/4 x 48 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed and dated upside down on open book: "H TBrugghen 1621"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1977
	opening date:   1977-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1977</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).

	title:		Hot Dry Men, Cold Wet Women:  The Theory of Humor and Depictions of Men and Women in Western European Art of the 1600s
	opening date:   1997-09-13T00:00:00
	<i>Hot Dry Men, Cold Wet Women:  The Theory of Humor and Depictions of Men and Women in Western European Art of the 1600s</i>. Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE (September 13-November 2, 1997); Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR (November 20, 1997-February 6, 1998); John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL (February 27-April 24, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'London, Trafalgar Galleries, 1976: "In the Light of Caravaggio," cat. no. 6 (as "St. Jerome in Contemplation, a Skull, Book and Bone on the Table before Him).', 'opening_date': '1976-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, 1978: "Year in Review 1977," CMA Bulletin LXV (January, 1978), cat. no. 45, repr. p. 11', 'opening_date': '1978-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Omaha, NE: Joslyn Art Museum 9/13 - 11/2/97.  Little Rock, AR: Arkansas Art Center 11/20/97 - 2/6/98.  Sarasota, FL: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art 2/27 - 4/26/98. "Hot Dry Men, Cold Wet Women: The Theory of Humor and Depictions of Men and Women in Western European Art of the 1600s." no. 17, pp. 56-57.', 'opening_date': '1997-11-02T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (Wynnstay, Denbighshire, Wales) (sold, Wyngetts Auction Galleries, Wrexem, Wales, May 12, 1971, lot 489, as "Anonymous: Man Reading with Human Skull at Side," to Trafalgar Galleries).
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	Trafalgar Galleries (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1977.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” May 20, 1977, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr2465

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 153
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n173

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 278-280; Reproduced: p. 279
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	Dury, Corentin. Musées d'Orléans: peintures françaises et italiennes XVe - XVIIe siècles. Gent : Editions Snoeck Gand, 2023.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 136; reproduced: p. 134, fig. 1
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IMAGES

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