Saint Jerome
Jusepe de Ribera · c. 1638–40 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Saint Jerome (about ad 347–420) translated biblical texts into Latin. Although he sometimes appears as a scholar in his study, Ribera represents him here as a penitent who withdrew to the desert, beating his chest with a stone to emulate Christ’s suffering and contemplating a skull symbolizing human vanity. Working in Naples, Ribera enthusiastically adapted Caravaggio’s characteristic use of light and dark and naturalistic models. Ribera signed the painting on the spine of the book in which Jerome will write.
The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC0
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Details
- Maker
- Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish, 1591–1652)
- Date
- c. 1638–40
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 150 x 121.5 x 9 cm (59 1/16 x 47 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 129 x 100.3 cm (50 13/16 x 39 1/2 in.)
- Place of origin
- Spain
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · On view · 212 Baroque Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
