Saint Jerome (El Greco)

Saint Jerome is a 1609 painting by El Greco, now in the Frick Collection, New York.^[1]

Saint Jerome
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

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.

See also

• List of works by El Greco

References

1. "Catalogue entry".

Bibliography (in Spanish)

• ÁLVAREZ LOPERA, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). ISBN 84-9550-344-1.
• SCHOLZ-HÄNSEL, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. ISBN 978-3-8228-3173-1.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100918075528/http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/genios/cuadros/1708.htm