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Saint Jerome in Meditation (c. 1605) is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, now in the Museum of Montserrat, next to the Monastery of Santa Maria, Montserrat (Museu del Monestir de Santa Maria).[1]

Saint Jerome in Meditation
Italian: San Girolamo in meditazione
Artist	Caravaggio
Year	c. 1605
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	140.5 cm × 101.5 cm (55.3 in × 40.0 in)
Location	Museum of Montserrat, Montserrat

Saint Jerome, hermit, Father of the Church, and responsible for the translation of the Bible into Latin, (the Vulgate Bible) was a popular figure in Caravaggio's time, and the artist painted him at least eight times (only three survive). Whether this was from personal choice or at the request of patrons is unknown, but it gave Caravaggio the opportunity to explore the potential – from an artist's perspective – of aged and wrinkled flesh. Jerome is shown here contemplating one of his symbols, the skull, a reminder of the inevitability of death and the vanity of worldly things.

The painting is probably from the Giustiniani collection (the collection of Caravaggio's patron the banker Vincenzo Giustiniani and his brother the cardinal Benedetto). Benedetto built up a large collection of religious works by the artist, and a St Jerome of the same dimensions as this one is in the Giustiniani inventory of 1638.

Caravaggio biographer Peter Robb points out that the brooding, introverted mood of this painting is strikingly similar to that of John the Baptist, now in Kansas City at the Nelson Atkins Museum, painted at about the same time.

See also

• List of paintings by Caravaggio

References

External links

• Media related to Saint Jerome by Caravaggio (Montserrat) at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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- [en] Saint Jerome in Meditation (Caravaggio)

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[es] San Jerónimo en meditación

San Jerónimo penitente es un cuadro del pintor italiano Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio actualmente conservado en el Museo del monasterio de Montserrat. Caravaggio solía pintar variantes o reproducciones sutiles de sus trabajos, y en este caso hubo de basarse en el San Jerónimo escribiendo ahora custodiado en la Galería Borghese de Roma. Esta pintura, a diferencia de aquella, muestra a un Jerónimo arrugado, derrotista, y en una dolorosa meditación.

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[fr] Saint Jérôme en méditation

Saint Jérôme en méditation est un tableau de Caravage peint vers 1605 et conservé à l'abbaye de Montserrat de Barcelone. Il s'agit de l'un des trois tableaux que l'artiste lombard consacre à ce même personnage de la tradition chrétienne. Son attribution à Caravage, bien que majoritaire, n'emporte toutefois pas l'adhésion de l'ensemble des spécialistes de la période.

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[it] San Girolamo in meditazione

San Gerolamo in meditazione è un'opera a olio su tela (cm 118 × 81), realizzata dal pittore italiano Caravaggio intorno al 1605. È attualmente custodita nel Monastero di Santa Maria, a Montserrat (precisamente nel Museo annesso al monastero).

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