# St. Jerome

- By: Jean Honoré Fragonard (after Johann Liss (German, c. 1595/1600–1631))
- Date: n.d.
- Medium: Etching on ivory laid paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Image: 15.3 × 10.5 cm (6 1/16 × 4 3/16 in.); Plate: 16.5 × 11.4 cm (6 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.); Sheet: 20 × 15.7 cm (7 7/8 × 6 3/16 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Joseph Brooks Fair Fund, through exchange
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/44591)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/46ae78ea-7676-57a1-0029-575953e36daa/full/843,/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Fragonard traveled a great deal during his career, and always took the opportunity to copy images from the paintings and sculptures he saw. This etching shows the influence of the Baroque artist Johann Lys. The fine network of lines used by Fragonard, however, reflects his own exquisite drawing style rather than the blustery brush­strokes found in oil paintings such as Lys' s.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0