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Saint Jerome
Jusepe de Riberac. 1638–40
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Saint Jerome (about ad 347–420) translated biblical texts into Latin. Although he sometimes appears as a scholar in his study, Ribera represents him here as a penitent who withdrew to the desert, beating his chest with a stone to emulate Christ’s suffering and contemplating a skull symbolizing human vanity. Working in Naples, Ribera enthusiastically adapted Caravaggio’s characteristic use of light and dark and naturalistic models.
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- Title: Saint Jerome
- Creator: Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish, 1591–1652)
- Date Created: c. 1638–40
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 150 x 121.5 x 9 cm (59 1/16 x 47 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 129 x 100.3 cm (50 13/16 x 39 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, (F. Kleinberger & Co., New York, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), (Alessandro Morandotti, Zurich, sold to F. Kleinberger in 1960)1, Private collection, Italy, probably consigned to Alessandro Morandotti1
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.219
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Inscriptions: Signed lower right: "Jusepe de Ribera espa[ñol]. F."
- Fun Fact: Ribera signed the painting on the spine of the book in which Jerome will write.
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Spain, 17th century
- Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Collection: P - Spanish before 1800
- Accession Number: 1961.219
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