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Description: | This painting representing Saint Jerome is thought to be a copy by the Spanish painter Francisco de Herrera, after a painting by Ribera in the Prado at Madrid. The saint is holding a crucifix in his hand; before him lies a skull and two open books. A trumpet projects diagonally from the top right corner. The most striking quality of this painting, which is not in all parts equally convincing, lies in the painterly treatment of the naked, aged body and the use of light illuminating the inner side of the arm and reflecting on the Saint's forehead. | Subjects: | figure; religion (St Jerome) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Herrera, Francisco de (Spanish painter and architect, 1627-1685) Æ Attributed to After Ribera, Jusepe de (Spanish painter and printmaker, baptized in 1591, died 1652, active in Italy) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8766... | Go to resource |
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