Saint Jerome in the Wilderness by Durer Magnet

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness by Albrecht Durer is an early, small but powerful oil and tempera religious icon from 1495 depicting the famous early Christian saint. Details of the subject, landscape, lion and brilliantly colourful sky and clouds come to life under Durer’s brush, informed by the study of the human figure and nature that were hallmarks of the Renaissance. Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) was a German painter of the Northern Renaissance whose work as an engraver, printmaker, mathematician and theorist secured his reputation as one of the greatest artists of Europe. His many paintings, portraits, altarpieces, watercolors, and engravings were the first in the Northern Renaissance to use classical motifs from antiquity and the Italian Renaissance. Durer’s unparalleled skill in drawing and engraving as well as mastery of perspective allowed him rapid execution of a range of motifs which elicit universal admiration to this day.