Dish
Artist
Unknown
Formerly attributed to
Giorgio Andreoli
(Italian, 1465? - 1555)
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1530
MediumEarthenware with tin glaze (maiolica)
DimensionsOverall: 1 7/8 × 9 1/2 inches (4.76 × 24.13 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-81
On View
On viewGallery Location
- 111
Collections
DescriptionSt. Jerome in yellow robe, seated in fantastic landscape, with cross and skull beside him. Ruby and metallic lustre.Exhibition HistoryDecorative arts of the Italian Renaissance, 1400-1600, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, November 18, 1958-January 4, 1959, no. 113.
Saint Jerome (347-420 CE), who is best known for translating the Bible into Latin, is depicted on this dish as an ascetic living in the desert. His right hand holds a rock that he has struck against his breast in an act of penitence, which is also symbolized by the cross above the skull. Saint Jerome's good deeds are represented by both the attendant lion whom the saint saved by removing a thorn from its foot, and the red cardinal's hat, referring to his appointment as the Pope's secretary. Maiolica designs such as this often derived from contemporary print sources.
With A. S. Drey, New York, by May 28, 1934;
Purchased from A. S. Drey by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1934.
Detroit Institute of Arts, and Paul L. Grigaut. Decorative arts of the Italian Renaissance, 1400-1600; (the Detroit Institute of Arts [exhibition] November 18, 1958-January 4, 1959) 1958, 48 (repro.).
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