Saint Jerome
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Basic information
- ID
- Ж-2849
- Author
- unknown
- Name
- Saint Jerome
- Date of creation
- 17th c.
- Technique
- oil painting
- Material
- canvas oil
- Dimensions
- 33 x 46.5 cm (height x width)
Additionally
- Type
- painting
- Genre
- religious
- Plot
- Saint Jerome
- Provenance
- the Potocki-Sadowski collection (Chortkiv Castle)
Information about author
Object description
An iconographic bust-length depiction of the hermit Saint Jerome in a cave with his attributes: a book, a skull, and a lion. The saint is traditionally portrayed as an older man with a long grey beard, wearing a red cloak draped over one shoulder. He holds a book in his hands and reads with concentration. The light falling from the left illuminates his inspired face and shoulders. Below the book lies a skull, which, according to the artistic tradition of "vanitas", serves as a reminder of the transience of life. To the right of the saint sits the lion he saved – his faithful companion – who gazes almost with human eyes at the viewer from the darkness of the cave.
Inscriptions
On the reverse, there is an inscription: "Caraggio No.80 Sadowski. Fundacja im. Hieronima Sadowskiego".
Portrayed person
- The name of the person portrayed
- Saint Jerome (Jerome of Stridon, 340–420) was a Christian saint, theologian, writer, and the patron saint of translators. He is renowned for his translation of the Bible from Hebrew into Latin.
- Lifetime of the person portrayed
- 340–420
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
