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| Keywords: Bartolomé Ordóñez - Saint Jerome - Walters 27555.jpg Jerome's great service to the Church was his translation of the Bible into Latin which he completed at a monastery in Palestine The sculptor could not depict the setting as could a painter but he could help viewers imagine it themselves by including a colorful detail--the lion that according to the well-known story was miraculously tamed by the saint and followed him around like a pet dog Alabaster is excellent for statuettes because it is easier to carve than marble and allows for fine detail This figure is from a set of the Four Fathers of the Church Saints Jerome Augustine Ambrose and Gregory the Great installed on an altar or a tomb The style of the carving suggests it might be the work of the Spanish sculptor Bartolomé Ordóñez; it combines the angular drapery typical of the late Gothic period with a more complex sense of volume revealing familiarity with contemporary Italian sculpture ca 1520 early Renaissance alabaster with traces of gilt and paint cm 36 2 accession number 27 555 25078 Count Pourtalès Silesia date and mode of acquisition unknown Albert Ullmann Frankfort Germany date and mode of acquisition unknown Private collection England Paul Drey Gallery New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum March 12 1958 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the S and A P Fund 1958 The Gothic North Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts Columbus 1949 place of origin Barcelona Spain Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Bartolomé Ordóñez Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
