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Saint Jerome and Saint Catherine of Alexandria Standing in a Landscape
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Saint Jerome and Saint Catherine of Alexandria Standing in a Landscape

pen and ink, gray wash, and white heightening over black chalk on prepared buff colored paperGirolamo da Treviso the Younger (Italian, 1497–1544)/c. 1530

Description

Girolamo da Treviso the Younger created this drawing as a preparatory design for a painting while working in Bologna at the Church of Santissimo Salvatore. The type of composition is known as a sacre conversazione (sacred conversation). Invented in Venice, this genre featured saints within expansive landscapes sharing a contemplative presence. Saint Jerome’s attribute, a lion, is loosely sketched with brush and ink, while the figures are carefully composed with a mix of ink, ink wash, and white highlights on colored paper, giving them a monumental, sculptural appearance.

Provenance

Padre Sebastiano Resta (1635-1714), Rome (L.2992a) (Lansdowne manuscript, (inscribed) no. 182: 'delle più belle cose di Giovanni de' Vecchi da Borgo'); Giovanni Matteo Marchetti, bishop of Arezzo (1647-1704); Lord John Somers (1650-1716), Worcester (L.2981); his sale, London, 1717; Jonathan Richardson Sr. (1665-1745), London (L.2183), on his mount, with his inscription lower center: Pellegrino da Bologna (i.e., Pellegrino Tibaldi); Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), London (L.2364); sale, London, Christie's, 10 April 1985, lot 25 (as attributed to Pellegrino Tibaldi); Ian Duncan (bears his mark, not in Lugt); with Thomas Williams Fine Art Ltd., London, where acquired by Diane A. Nixon; Diane A. Nixon, New York; Sotheby’s, New York, February 4, 2026, lot 4; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Dimensions

24.3 × 22 cm

Movement / Period

Drawings

Accession No

2026.11

Official Citations

[The Cleveland Museum of Art Official Record][Full Resolution Image]
Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Girolamo da Treviso the Younger (Italian, 1497–1544)

Drawings • Italy • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries

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