ID: 700008288 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008288	Record Type: Movable Work
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Saint Jerome Extracting a Thorn from a Lion's Paw (illumination (painting); Master of the Murano Gradual (Italian, active about 1430 - 1...; second quarter of 15th century...; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2010.21.recto)

Note: Created in Northern Italy. This leaf depicts a story from the life of Saint Jerome (about 341 - 420), one of the four doctors of the Church. One day, a lion entered the monastery where Jerome resided, causing his fellow monks to flee, but Jerome recognized that the beast was injured and he cured it by removing a thorn from its paw. The saint's monumental form fills the foreground of the composition, setting off the delicate gold tweezers Jerome uses to extract the thorn. In the background, a monk approaches with a pot of ointment and a bandage. The encounter between man and animal, in which Jerome comes to the lion's aid, is poignant, showing the moment when the lion submits to the saint, the saint's concentration as he removes the thorn, and the apprehensiveness of the attendant monk. This cutting likely represents a large miniature or initial from a gradual probably commissioned for the Camaldolese monastery of San Mattia in Murano. This manuscript was one of the most lavish and elaborately illuminated Lombard choir book commissions of the fifteenth century. The artist responsible for its decoration it is known as the Master of the Murano Gradual. This illuminator likely worked between the regions of Lombardy and the Veneto and he is notable for his originality and his imposing figures clothed in voluminous drapery, their faces strongly modeled and expressive.

Titles:

Saint Jerome Extracting a Thorn from a Lion's Paw (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Saint Jerome Extracting a Thorn from the Lion's Paw (C,U,English,U,U)

Cutting from a gradual (C,U,GP,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

illumination (painting) [300264522] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by location or context>)

cutting (partial work) [300403972]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by state>)

detached leaf [300379890]

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, gathered matter components, leaves (gathered matter))

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: second quarter of 15th century

Creator Display:

Master of the Murano Gradual (Italian, active about 1430 - 1460) (Italian Illuminator) [preferred,JPGM]

Master of the Murano Gradual (Italian illuminator, active 15th century) Qualifier: undetermined Extent: undetermined [500076824]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2010.21.recto

Other: Creation: Northern Italy [4005363] Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Tempera and gold leaf on parchment

	tempera [300015062]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	gold leaf [300264831]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, leaf (metal))

	parchment (animal material) [300011851]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material)

Dimensions: Leaf: 21 x 16.5 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

Italian (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Saint Jerome and the Lion [901001536]
	.....((Life of Saint Jerome, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Saint Jerome (Roman religious leader, saint, ca. 342-420) [500060933]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	lion (species) [300310388]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Carnivora (order), Felidae (family), Panthera (genus)) (AAT)

	paw (animal component) [300251799]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, animal components) (AAT)

	thorn (plant material) [300011912]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

............... Cutting from a gradual

Sources and Contributors:
Saint Jerome Extracting a Thorn from a Lion's Paw	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Saint Jerome Extracting a Thorn from the Lion's Paw	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Cutting from a gradual	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM,VP]