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Saint Jerome Writing, also called Saint Jerome in His Study or simply Saint Jerome, is an oil painting by Italian painter Caravaggio. Generally dated to 1605–06, the painting is located in the Galleria Borghese in Rome .
Saint Jerome Writing is a painting by the Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in 1607 or 1608, housed in the Oratory of St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta. It can be compared with Caravaggio's earlier version of the same subject in the Borghese Gallery in Rome .
Saint Jerome Writing, by Caravaggio, 1607, at St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta. Jerome was a scholar at a time when being a scholar implied a fluency in Greek. He knew some Hebrew when he started his translation project, but moved to Jerusalem to strengthen his grip on Jewish scripture commentary.
Saint Jerome in Meditation: Montserrat, Museum of Montserrat: 118 × 81 cm Oil on canvas: c. 1605: Saint Jerome Writing: Rome, Borghese: 112 × 157 cm Oil on canvas: 1605: Portrait of Pope Paul V: Rome, Private Collection of the Prince Borghese 203 × 119 cm Oil on canvas: Disputed 1605: Still Life with Fruit on a Stone Ledge: Rome, Borghese ...
Saint Jerome Writing; Saint Jerome Writing (Caravaggio, Valletta) Casa Pazzi Madonna; Cervara Altarpiece; Chigi Altarpiece; Saint Jerome in His Study (Colantonio) Coronation of the Virgin (Pollaiuolo) Madonna of St. Jerome (Correggio) Saint Jerome in Meditation (Piero di Cosimo) Crucifixion Between Saints Jerome and Christopher
Saint Jerome Writing, c. 1605–1606, Galleria Borghese, Rome. Caravaggio led a tumultuous life. He was notorious for brawling, even in a time and place when such behavior was commonplace, and the transcripts of his police records and trial proceedings fill many pages. [36]
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Saint Jerome, hermit, Father of the Church, and responsible for the translation of the Bible into Latin, (the Vulgate Bible) was a popular figure in Caravaggio's time, and the artist painted him at least eight times (only three survive). Whether this was from personal choice or at the request of patrons is unknown, but it gave Caravaggio the ...