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Artist: Georges de La Tour (1593–1652)
Alternative names: Georges de Latour
Georges du Mesnil Latour
Georges Dumesnil Latour
French painter
Work location: Lorraine, Paris
Depicted people: Hieronymus
Title: Saint Jérome pénitent
English: The Penitent St Jerome
Deutsch: Büßender Hl. Hieronymus, mit Kardinalshut
Object type: Painting
Description: The painting depicts Jerome, Church Father and saint, in the cave where he stayed in order to live an ascetic life and dedicate himself to scholarship and translation of the bible. The painting includes objects such as a hat symbolizing his important position in the church, a book, which testifies to his scholarliness, and a whip signifying his penitence. Through the way in which the artist renders the saint’s skin it becomes an important part of the expression of the painting. Strikingly naturalistic, it makes the saint appear to be of flesh and blood even to a viewer today.
Date: Unknown date
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Height: 152 cm (59.8 in). Width: 109 cm (42.9 in).
Framed: Height: 173 cm (68.1 in). Width: 126 cm (49.6 in). Depth: 8 cm (3.1 in).
SKU: 272672
