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- Reference number
- P01096
- Author
- Ribera, José de (Spanish)
- Title
- Saint Jerome
- Chronology
- 1644
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 109 cm x 90 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
By the time he entered his last
period, a life dedicated to the
representation of religious scenes
led Ribera to develop a supreme
mastery in the transmission of
religious feelings with a great
economy of compositional means.
Here, that communicative efficiency
is achieved through the expressive
concentration offered by the
neutral background, the vivid red
of the tunic and the saint's
posture, as well as the detail with
which every part of his body is
depicted, the wise, directed
treatment of the light, and the way
the paint itself is applied, with
dense, impasto brushstrokes.
It is signed and dated under the
arm.
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