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Saint Jerome (El Greco)

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Saint Jerome
ArtistEl Greco
Year1609
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions108 cm × 87 cm (43 in × 34 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Saint Jerome is a 1609 painting by El Greco, now in the Frick Collection, New York.[1]

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.

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  1. ^ "Catalogue entry".

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