Saint Jerome the Penitent, Spanish School, 17th Century

Saint Jerome the Penitent, Spanish School, 17th Century Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 147 x 110 cm (155 x 118 cm with frame). Depiction of Saint Jerome, semi-nude, in a penitent pose, flagellating himself with a stone and contemplating a crucifix. At his feet are books, a skull, and a lion—classic attributes of the saint. The dramatic chiaroscuro and the defined musculature reveal the tenebrist influence of 17th-century Spanish Baroque. The original frame retains the austere decorative elements o

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H 155 × B 118 cm