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Saint Jerome
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Artist El Greco
Year 1609
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 108 cm × 87 cm (43 in × 34 in)
Location Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Saint Jerome is a 1609 painting by El Greco, now in the Frick Collection, New York.

The artist frequently returned to this subject and here shows Jerome dressed as a cardinal in a pose reminiscent of his Portrait of Cardinal Tavera and Portrait of Jerónimo de Cevallos, pointing at an open book on a table covered with a green tapestry. The deep folds in the garments point to the influence of Michelangelo and Byzantine icon painting.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: San Jerónimo (El Greco) para niños

  • List of works by El Greco
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