MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
(b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma)

St Jerome

1493-97
Pen and gray-brown and brown ink, 285 x 209 mm
Musée du Louvre, Paris

This badly damaged sheet depicts St Jerome as a hermit in front of a grotto. This motif appeared in Florence in the work of Leonardo.