Saint Jerome meditating in his study

About this work

This painting shows a man in a red robe and black hat, sitting at a desk with his hand on his head. He's looking down at a skull on the desk. There are books, papers, and other objects around him. The man is in a room with a window on the left side. Outside the window, there's a landscape with buildings and trees. The room is dark, but there's a candle on the desk that's lit. The painting is done in tempera, a technique that uses egg yolks to bind pigments. You can learn more about tempera by looking up the technique.