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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.
Whether or not the dating is accurate, the work is believed to have originated from Caravaggio's late Roman period, [6] which ended with the painter's exile to Malta in 1606. [7] That Saint Jerome Writing is the work of Caravaggio is sometimes brought into question, as it was attributed to Jusepe de Ribera in the Borghese inventories from 1700 ...
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 in Meditation (Caravaggio) 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)
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In December 1984, Saint Jerome Writing (Caravaggio, Valletta) was stolen from the St. John's Co-Cathedral, Malta. The canvas was cut out of the frame. The canvas was cut out of the frame. The painting was recovered two years later, following negotiations between the thieves and Fr. Marius J. Zerafa, then the Director of Museums in Malta.
Saint Jerome in Meditation (Caravaggio) Saint Jerome Writing; Saint Jerome Writing (Caravaggio, Valletta) Saint Thomas the Apostle (El Greco) Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (Caravaggio, Madrid) The Saviour (El Greco) Self-Portrait (Bril) Somerset House Conference (painting) St Jerome (after Palma Giovane) Still Life with Fruit ...
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 ...