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de Cortone Pierre
(1st Nov, 1596 - 16th May, 1669)
Saint Jérôme dans le désert
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Jean-Gilles Berizzi
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
desert
hands joined together
saint Jérôme (vers 340-420)
on one's knees
étude d'animal
lion (animal)
prayer
angel
figure study
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About the artwork
Title:
Saint Jérôme dans le désert
Periods:
17th century
modern age
XVIIth century
Techniques:
wash with brown
pen (drawing)
white highlights
black chalk
brown ink
Dimensions:
218 x 165
Inventory number:
INV559-recto
Detail:
Dessin préparatoire pour le cuivre "Saint Jérôme en prière"
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
de Cortone Pierre
Also known as:
Pietro Berrettini
Born:
1st Nov, 1596
Dead:
16th May, 1669
Country:
Italie
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Pietro da Cortona
(1 November 1596/7 – 16 May 1669) was born
Pietro Berrettini
, but is primarily known by the name of his native town of Cortona in Tuscany. He was the leading Italian Baroque painter of his time and, along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture. He was also an important designer of interior decorations. Cortona worked mainly in Rome and Florence. He is best known…
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