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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 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, 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 painting shows an uncommon subject, with the Virgin holding the Child who writes on a book, an allusion to his intervention in the Holy Books. On the right is Saint Jerome, recognizable by his cardinal dress, leaving a book on the marble throne where the Madonna sits: in this case this is one of his traditional attributes of knowledge.
The Francesco St Jerome . A copy of a lost St Jerome, in oils on copper, is attributed to the circle of the Italian Renaissance artist Palma the Younger, dated to the early 17th century. [1] It is in a private collection. It measures 26.3 x 22.2 cm. [2]
In the Middle Ages, Glagolitsa was also known as "St. Jerome's script" due to a popular mediaeval legend (created by Croatian scribes in the 13th century) ascribing its invention to St. Jerome (342–429). The legend was partly based on the saint's place of birth on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia.