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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 .
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 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 Francis in Prayer; Saint Jerome Writing; Supper at Emmaus (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan) John de Critz (attrib.) – James VI and I (approximate date) Frans Francken the Younger – The Witches' Sabbath; Peter Paul Rubens. The Judgement of Paris (approximate date) Portraits of Marchesa Brigida Spinola-Doria; Marchesa Maria Serra Pallavicino
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 ...
Boxx the Artist, who is one of the featured artists for 2024's Art & Soul, will show her work across Black History Month.
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.