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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 Hears the Trumpet of the Last Judgment; Saint Jerome at Prayer (La Tour) The Dead Christ Adored by Saint Jerome and Saint Dorothy; Della Rovere Chapel; Disputation of the Holy Sacrament; Saint Jerome in His Study (Dürer) St. Jerome in His Study (Dürer, 1521) St. Jerome in the Wilderness (Dürer)
An artist's statement (or artist statement) is an artist's written description of their work. The brief text is for, and in support of, their own work to give the viewer understanding. As such it aims to inform, connect with an art context, and present the basis for the work; it is, therefore, didactic, descriptive, or reflective in nature.
Jerome (/ dʒ ə ˈ r oʊ m /; Latin: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Ancient Greek: Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; c. 342–347 – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome.
St Jerome c. 1606 Oil on canvas, 112 x 157 cm Galleria Borghese, Rome Just as Protestants wished to translate the Bible into local languages to make the Word of God accessible to ordinary believers, so Catholics were keen to justify the use of the standard Latin version, made by St Jerome in the late fourth century.
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 ...
Saint Jerome Reading in a Landscape is a painting in oil and tempera on panel by Giovanni Bellini or a follower, probably dating to between 1480 and 1485. One of several versions of the theme by the artist, it is now in the National Gallery , London .