Saint Jerome and the Lion (From the former Church of St. Peter in Erfurt)
c. 1495
Tilman Riemenschneider
Tilman Riemenschneider (German, c. 1460–1531)
Medieval Art
Saint Jerome and the Lion (From the former Church of St. Peter in Erfurt), c. 1495. Tilman Riemenschneider (German, c. 1460–1531). Alabaster; overall: 37.8 x 28.1 x 15.9 cm (14 7/8 x 11 1/16 x 6 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1946.82 In the story Saint Jerome encounters a fearsome lion, here depicted as diminutive, gentle, and submissive.
- Maker/Artist
- Riemenschneider, Tilman
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- alabaster
- Medium
- alabaster
- Dimensions
- Overall: 37.8 x 28.1 x 15.9 cm (14 7/8 x 11 1/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 1946.82
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Work of Tilman Riemenschneider, Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture, Tilman Riemenschneider - Frühe Werke (Tilman Riemenschneider - Early Works), Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages, Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art, From Van Eyck to Dürer: Artistic Exchanges between the Netherlands and Central, Eastern and Northern Europe c.1420-1530, Alabaster. European Sculpture from the Middle Ages to the Baroque, <em>Ausstellung für christliche Kunst, </em>Schloss, Mainz, Germany (August 20 - September 4, 1892)., <em>Meisterwerke der Bildhauerkunst in Frankfurter Privatbesitz, Deutsche und Franzosische Okastik des Mittelalters,</em> Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany (1921)., <em>Riemenschneider Gedächtnis-Ausstellung 1931 des Museum für Kunst und Landesgeschichte im Provinzial</em>, Hannover, Germany (1931)., <em>Masterpieces of Sculpture,</em> Minneapolis Institute of Arts (November 1-December 11, 1949)., <em>Classical, Medieval, Renaissance and Modern Sculpture,</em> Dudley P. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 6-31, 1950)., <em>Sculptures of Tilman Riemenschneider,</em> North Carolina Museum, Raleigh, North Carolina (October 6 - November 11, 1962)., <em>Tilman Riemenschneider</em>, Mainfrankisches Museum Wurzburg, Germany (September 1-November 1, 1981).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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