St. Jerome in the Wilderness
Moderno (Galeazzo Mondella) Italian
Not on view
The model of this plaquette dates to about 1490, and is stylistically related to Moderno’s Pietà. A more accomplished and probably later variant exists in two very rare casts (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Musei Civici d’Arte e Storia, Brescia). Here the pose of Saint Jerome has been changed, the lion removed, the background extended, and the crucifix placed more to the right of the scene. The Lehman piece is a worn old aftercast with some loss of details, possibly dating from the sixteenth century.
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