Caravaggio - Saint Jerome Writing 1605
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Saint Jerome Writing 1605
112x157cm oil/canvas
Borghese Gallery, Rome, Italy
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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The painting depicts Saint Jerome, a Doctor of the Church in Roman Catholicism and a popular subject for painting, even for Caravaggio, who produced other paintings of Jerome in Meditation and engaged in writing. In this image, Jerome is reading intently, an outstretched arm resting with quill. It has been suggested that Jerome is depicted in the act of translating the Vulgate.