Saint Jerome in Penitence
Primary
Battista Franco
(Venice, Italy, circa 1510–circa 1561)
NationalityItalian, Europe
Date1550s
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 17 7/8 × 12 1/16 in. (45.4 × 30.7 cm)
Additional Dimension: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
Additional Dimension: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Art Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2007.10
Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2007.10
On View
Not on viewFormed among Michelangelo’s followers in Rome, Franco possessed the most disciplined and idealized drawing of any Venetian artist of the period. He was also the most prolific etcher in sixteenth-century Italy. Most of his prints include engraving and suggest the very regular appearance of works in that technique. This Saint Jerome is one of a number of late efforts that responded to painted examples––here, Titian––and employed etching alone to more varied and personal effect.
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