Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
The appearance of a wolf in this print illustrates the Old Testament prophesy of Jacob, that “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he devours the prey, And in the evening he divides the spoil (Genesis 49:28).
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Jacques de Gheyn II|Karel van Mander I|Jan Pitten — Benjamin
Jacques de Gheyn II|Karel van Mander I|Jan Pitten — Issachar
Pieter de Jode I — Saint Jerome
Jacques de Gheyn II|Karel van Mander I|Jan Pitten — Naphthal
Jacques de Gheyn II|Karel van Mander I|Jan Pitten — Simeon, 
Michelangelo Marelli — Saint Jerome in the wilderness, with 
Giovanni Francesco Venturini|Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi|P
Carlo Maratti|Hieronymus Ferroni — Joshua bidding the sun to
Jacques Bellange (French, c. 1575–1616) — Two Beggars Fighti
Hendrick Goltzius — St. James the Great, from Christ, the A
Orazio Borgianni — Saint Christopher with the Christ Child o
Ludolph Büsinck (German, 1590–1669) — Christ and the Apostle
