Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Property from a Connecticut Collection
Saint Jerome
Auction Closed
February 2, 05:19 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Connecticut Collection
Spanish, 15th Century
Saint Jerome
gilt and polychrome wood
height: 29 ½ in.; 74.93 cm.
With Les Enluminures, Chicago, 2016;
From whom acquired.
Saint Jerome is depicted here in a manner that is very typical of the late middle ages. The Saint shown wearing his cardinal's hat and holding an open bible in his hand, signifying both his role as a founding theologian of the Christian church and his translation of the Bible into Latin, the latter of which he was perhaps best known for.