St Jerome in penitence, by Giuseppe Scolari

An image of St Jerome in penitence. Scolari, Giuseppe (Italian, active 1592-1607). Woodcut, circa 1590-circa 1600. Production Note: Not etching, as stated in Passavant.

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St Jerome in penitence. Scolari, Giuseppe (Italian, active 1592-1607). Woodcut, circa 1590-circa 1600. Production Note: Not etching, as stated in Passavant.

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Accession Number: 34.17-41
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 723 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 0.99MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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16th Century animal animals bearded beards Christianity eremitic Fitz_PDP Giuseppe Scolari hermetical hermit Italian Late Renaissance lions male penitence penitent penitential print religion religious Renaissance Saint Jerome saints Scolari St Jerome wilderness woodcut

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