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DÜRER, Albrecht: St Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness

🖼 St Jerome Penitent in the Wilderness, c. 1496
Engraving
324 × 228 cm
New York, USA

Rocky wilderness cradles a solitary saint hunched in prayer, rendered with meticulous detail and dramatic chiaroscuro. Dürer's engraving epitomizes Northern Renaissance spirituality, merging classical composition with obsessive technical precision to explore penitence and divine devotion.

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