Studio of Francisco de Zurbarn (1598-1664)

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Details

Studio of Francisco de Zurbarn (1598-1664)
Zurbarn, F.
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
oil on canvas
79 x 43in. (201.9 x 109.8cm.) including an added strip of approximately 5in. along the bottom edge

Provenance

King Louis-Philippe of France; given to the Louvre but restored by the King as his private property after the revolution of 1848 and sold by his heirs; Christie's, London, May 13, 1853, lot 69, as Zurbarn (12 gns. to Drax).
Erle Drax; his sale, Christie's, London, May 10, 1935, lot 154, as Zurbarn (to Maurice Harns).
with Tomas Harris, London.
with French and Co., New York, 1936, where purchased by Mary H. Zimmerman as Zurbarn for $4,100, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Literature

P. Guinard, Zurbarn, 1960, p. 267, no. 484 as 'Oeuvre Zurbanesque, main execution assez lourde, probablement d'atelier'.
J. Gudiol, Zurbarn, 1977, p. 109, no. 399, p. 336, fig. 375, as Zurbarn.
J. Baticle and C. Marinas, La Galerie espagnole de Louis-Philippe au Louvre 1838-1848, 1981, pp. 225-6, no. 354 as Zurbarn (?).

Exhibited

Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Exhibition of Spanish Paintings, Oct. 4-31, 1935, no. 53 as Zurbarn.

Lot Essay

This picture formed part of the Spanish Gallery of King Louis-Philippe of France. One of several versions, with differences, the present work can be added to the group of paintings of Saint Jerome executed by Zurbarn's studio including canvases in The San Diego Museum of Art, Museo de Bellas Artes, Sville, and the Museo de Bellas Artes de Mlaga.

Benito Navarrete Prieto, curator of the exhibition Zurbarn and His Workshop, has confirmed the attribution of this picture based on photographs.

In a contemporary Spanish 17th century carved and silvered frame.