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Property from a Connecticut Collection

Spanish, 15th Century

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.