Pieter Cock van Aelst, Pieter Cock van Alost, Pieter Coecke van Alost, Pieter Kock van Aelst, Pieter Kock van Alost, Pieter Koecke van Aelst, Pieter Koecke van Alost
English: St. Jerome (ca. 341-420), the greatest Christian scholar of the classics, is revered for his translation of the Bible from the original Greek and Hebrew into Latin. He completed it in a monastery in Palestine, which the artist has suggested in the view through the window by adding camels to an otherwise Flemish landscape. The admonition that Jerome has fixed to the wall, "Cogita Mori" (Think upon death), is made explicit by the skull. His Bible is open to an image of the Last Judgment, while the hourglass and candle, objects often found on a desk, are further reminders of the passage of time and the imminence of death.
Pieter Coecke van Aelst's large studio in Antwerp produced many variations on this subject.
World of Wonder. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1971-1972. Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985. Death and Dying in the Middle Ages. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1987. A Renaissance Puzzle: Heemskerck's Abduction of Helen. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1993. Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001.
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[Transcription] Cogita Mori; [Translation] Think upon death
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Saint Jerome in his study, c. 1530 by Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Workshop, Walters Art Museum
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x-repair:Pieter Coecke van Aelst, the elder (Flemish, 1502-1550). 'Saint Jerome in His Study,' ca. 1530. oil on panel. Walters Art Museum (37.256): Acquired by Henry Walters.