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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 ...
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: Valletta, St. John's Co-Cathedral: 117 × 157 cm Oil on canvas: 1607: Ecce Homo: Madrid, Museo del Prado: 111 × 86 cm Oil on canvas: 1608: Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page: Paris, Musée du Louvre: 195 × 134 cm Oil on canvas: 1608: Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli: Florence, Pitti Palace: 118.5 × 95.5 cm Oil ...
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 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
The light enters from a window behind the writing desk and from the foreground, in order to illuminate any detail of the scene. Objects on the desk and the shelves include an hourglass , a pounce pot , a ruler , an astrolabe , numerous books and writing instruments, all suitable for the idealized Renaissance man .
The book Saint Jerome is reading represents knowledge. The books surrounding him refer to his translation of the Bible into Latin. The lion in the shadows to the right of the saint is from a story about Saint Jerome pulling a thorn out of a lion's paw. In gratitude, the lion follows Saint Jerome around for the rest of his life, like a house cat.
Until the end of the 18th century, a strange but widespread opinion dominated that the Glagolitic writing system, which was in use in Dalmatia and Istria along with neighboring islands, including the translation of the Holy Scripture, owe their existence to the famous church father St. Jerome.