Saint Jerome and the Lion (From the former Church of St. Peter in Erfurt)

Tilman Riemenschneider

Cleveland Museum of Art

Beige-colored sculpture of a man and a lion. The man is sitting on the left and leaning slightly forward. He has a hood covering his head. The hood drapes down his back and around his shoulders. He is wearing a long-sleeved shirt and a long dress. The man has his right hand on the head of the lion on the right. The lion is crouched on its hind legs with its head resting on the man's lap. The lion is looking up at the man from under its left paw. The man and lion are on a rectangular base. The background fades from black at the top to gray in the middle and white at the bottom.