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The Vision of St Jerome
RIBERA, Jusepe (c.1590 - 1652), follower of
Date: 1620 c.
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 203.5 x 153.4 cm
Acquired: 1975; Purchase
Accession Number: NMW A 6
St Jerome (about 340-420), famous for his translation of the Bible into Latin, had a vision of the angel sounding the Last Trump to herald the Day of Judgement. He is shown kneeling in penitence with a skull symbolic of human mortality. The lion, from whose paw he extracted a thorn, stands behind him. Ribera was a Spanish artist who settled in Naples, then ruled by Spain. His sympathetic interpretation of old age has profoundly influenced this unknown artist.
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