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07030

Title

Subject

Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420 Correspondence

Description

Dürer’s first verified book illustration, a woodcut of St. Jerome removing a thorn from a lion’s paw, was published in Basel by Nicolaus Kesler in 1492. Dürer’s composition exerted considerable influence on frontispiece illustration in the region. For Kesler’s second edition of St Jerome’s letters, exhibited here, Dürer’s design was transferred to a fresh woodblock. The anonymous cutter skillfully reproduced the earlier work in virtually every detail.

Creator

Jerome, Saint, –419 or 420, Laelius, Theodorus, 1427–1466, Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528, ill., and Kesler, Nicolaus, fl. 1471–1510, printer.

Source

07030. St. Jerome (c. 345–420). Liber Epistolarum sancti Hieronymi. Basel: Nicolaus Kesler, 1497.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

Beginnings

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Correspondence book with woodcuts

Collection

Books and Prints by Albrecht Durer

Citation

Jerome, Saint, –419 or 420, Laelius, Theodorus, 1427–1466, Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528, ill., and Kesler, Nicolaus, fl. 1471–1510, printer., “07030,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed June 18, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1878.