Lot 4: Studio of Marinus van Reymerswaele (c. 1490/5-1567)

Saint Jerome in his study oil on panel 27 7/8 x 36 5/8 in. (70.8 x 93 cm.) NOTES The subject matter of the oeuvre of Van Reymerswaele and his studio consists of a limited number of iconographical themes. Amongst these, four distinct compositions of Saint Jerome are known; the present picture derives, with numerous minor differences, from the earliest dated version (1521; Prado, Madrid, a dating that has been open to some debate) and shows strong affinities with Drer's Saint Jerome (Museo de Arte Antiga, Lisbon) painted on his visit to Antwerp in 1521. The illumination on the Bible is after a painting by Rogier van der Weyden.