1606
oil
canvas
From the collection of Borghese Collection
Dominant colour
Saint Jerome is a 1606 oil by Caravaggio, a Baroque work, depicting Jerome, held at Borghese Collection.
Saint Jerome is a oil painting by Caravaggio, dated around 1605‑06. It shows the saint in his study, a common theme for the period. The work is part of the collection at the Galleria Borghese in Rome. The painting is also known as Saint Jerome Writing, highlighting the scholarly activity of the figure. Though no specific movement is attached, its Baroque roots are clear from the artist’s reputation. museum: Galleria Borghese.
Saint Jerome Writing, also called Saint Jerome in His Study or simply Saint Jerome, is an oil painting by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, from c. 1605-1606. The painting is located in the Galleria Borghese, in Rome.
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The painting depicts Saint Jerome, a Doctor of the Church in Roman Catholicism and a popular subject for painting, even for Caravaggio, who produced other paintings of Jerome in meditation and engaged in writing. In this image, Jerome is reading intently, an outstretched arm resting with quill. It has been suggested that Jerome is depicted in the act of translating the Vulgate.
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The painting is generally dated to 1605–06, largely on the statements of 17th-century art historical biographer Gian Pietro Bellori, though Denis Mahon suggests 1602–1604. According to Bellori, Caravaggio produced the piece at the behest of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, who became a cardinal in 1605, but it is possible that Borghese acquired it later as it is not mentioned in a 1613 poem by Scipione Francucci that described the Borghese Caravaggio collection. Whether or not the dating is accurate, the work is believed to have originated from Caravaggio's late Roman period, which ended with the…
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (also Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life.
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