Tag: Saint Jerome

San Girolamo nel deserto (c.1650)

Guercino (1591-1666) San Girolamo nel deserto (St Jerome in the Wilderness) c.1650 Oil on canvas, 217 x 164.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg St Jerome (c. 340-420) was a biblical scholar and one of the fathers of the Church and…

San Girolamo penitente (c.1488-1490)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Girolamo penitente (St. Jerome in Penitence) c.1488–1490 Tempera on panel, h. 21 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This panel is part of the predella of the of the San Marco Altarpiece. San Marco Altarpiece: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di…

Incoronazione della Vergine (c.1488-1490)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Incoronazione della Vergine (Coronation of the Virgin) c.1488–1490 Tempera on panel, 378 x 258 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze This is the central panel of the San Marco Altarpiece. San Marco Altarpiece: Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di San Marco c.1488–1490…

Pala di San Marco (c.1488-1490)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala di San Marco (San Marco Altarpiece) c.1488–1490 Tempera on panel, 378 x 258 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Central Panel: Coronation of the Virgin with St. John the Evangelist, St. Augustine, St. Jerome and St. Eligius. Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510)…

Ultima comunione di san Gerolamo (1490s)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Ultima comunione di san Gerolamo (Last Communion of Saint Jerome) early 1490s Tempera and gold on wood,34.3 x 25.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The great fourth-century scholar and translator of the Bible into Latin is shown in…

San Girolamo (1498-1505)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) San Girolamo (Saint Jerome) c.1498–1505 Tempera on canvas (transferred from panel), 44.5 x 26 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Botticelli’s work originally consisted of four parts: the two central ones carrying an Annunciation scene and the side wings with…

Compianto sul Cristo morto (c.1490-1495)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Compianto sul Cristo morto (Lamentation over the Dead Christ) c.1490–1495 Tempera on poplar panel, 140 x 209.2 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Botticelli created this depiction of a Pieta for meditation on the Passion, surrounded by female mourners and saints…

San Gerolamo nello studio (c.1475)

Antonello da Messina (c.1430-1479) San Gerolamo nello studio (Saint Jerome in his Study) c.1475 Oil on lime, 45.7 x 36.2 cm National Gallery, London Born in the fourth century, Saint Jerome was a scholar and a monk. His translation of the…

Madonna del Pesce (1513-1514)

Raffaello (1483-1520) Madonna del Pesce (Madonna of the Fish) 1513–1514 Oil on panel, 215 x 158 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Seated on a throne, the Virgin holds the Christ Child in her lap. On the right, Saint Jerome dressed as…