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. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: 1638. Place of creation: Spain, 17th century. 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.). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: Jerome. Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art. Clevelandart 1961.219
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