The only known exemplar

[Hieronymus]. [Gebet zu S. Hieronymus]: O Säliger und hoher lerer Jheronyme.

€ 24,000.00

The only known contemporary impression of this large single-leaf woodcut and prayer sheet: an intercessory prayer to St. Jerome, who is depicted in his typical iconography as a hermit, kneeling in penance before a crucifix and holding a stone his hand to beat his bare chest. He is accompanied by his lion and cardinal's hat. A good impression of this extremely rare woodcut, printed strongly and clearly, with contemporary hand-colouring in green, ochre, brown and red, and the prayer in German "O Säliger und hoher lerer Jheronyme" in letterpress below, with margins on all sides.

The traces of glue on the verso suggest that it may have been pasted onto a wooden board, and may have survived as a binding pastedown. Although cut down in size above and below, the original woodblock has survived and is kept in the Derschau Collection at the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin.