COLOUR STUDY

Colour palette

#BA9971
#CBAF86
#A5855F
#C1A37C
#C7A87E
#DBC7A8

Approximate colour proportions

#BA997125.8%
#CBAF8621.3%
#A5855F20.0%
#C1A37C14.4%
#C7A87E11.8%
#DBC7A86.7%

Estimated from six colour groups in the museum image, including visible paper or borders. Reproduction and lighting affect the result; these are image-area proportions, not pigment measurements.

Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Image licence: CC0 · Museum record & image source ↗

Italy · c. 1490

St. Jerome in His Study

Filippino Lippi

Date: c. 1490
Medium: pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk(?), with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white; pricked
Dimensions: Sheet: 24 x 20.8 cm (9 7/16 x 8 3/16 in.); Secondary Support: 24.2 x 20.8 cm (9 1/2 x 8 3/16 in.)
Country / context: Italy
Movement / tradition: European and American art
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Attribution / role: Museum attribution
Pathway: European and American art ↗

ABOUT THIS WORK

St. Jerome in His Study is a representative work in our Filippino Lippi guide. The catalogue records pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk(?), with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead white; pricked. Museum attribution. The linked artist guide places it alongside other works from the artist’s career.

Original educational overview · based on the linked museum record

Place in the artist’s career

The head study concentrates on an individual form; Saint Jerome develops a narrative through ink and wash; the painted tondo coordinates multiple figures within a circle. Compare wash-based tone with tempera-and-oil colour. The head study’s broad date and the other works’ overlap prevent a secure three-stage chronology.