Saint Jerome Meditating on a Skull
Battista Franco, Italian, 1498 - 1561
about 1550-1561
Etching and drypoint on paper
Overall: 17 11/16 × 11 13/16 in. (45 × 30 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Roger Arvid Anderson Collection; acquired through a gift from Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe, Class of 1964H, by exchange
2016.63.13
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed in plate, lower left: Baptista . Francus . Venetus . Fecit
Course History
ARTH 84, Media and Meaning in Renaissance Sculpture, Adrian Randolph, Fall 2013
ARTH 27.02, Living Stone: Sculpture in Early Modern Italy, Elizabeth Kassler-Taub, Winter 2022
Exhibition History
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 3-October 15, 2000.
Renaissance and Mannerist Plaquettes and Medals from the Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 19-November 21, 2013.
Publication History
Roger Arvid Anderson, The Roger Arvid Anderson Collection, Medals, Medallions, Plaquettes and Small Reliefs, Paintings, Sculpture, Works on Paper and Textiles, San Francisco: Roger Arvid Anderson (published privately), design by David L. Wilson, 2015, p. 262.
Provenance
Deneberg Fine Arts, San Francisco, California; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, date unknown; lent to present collection,1994; sold to present collection, 2016.
Catalogue Raisonne
Bartsch 37-II (131)
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