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Saint Jerome (El Greco)
1609 painting by El Greco / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint Jerome is a 1609 painting by El Greco, now in the Frick Collection, New York.[1]
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Artist | El Greco |
Year | 1609 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 108 cm × 87 cm (43 in × 34 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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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.