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Landscape with the Penitent Saint Jerome  1520

by Anonymous

In the midst of this expansive landscape, a tiny figure of the hermit Saint Jerome beats his breast with a rock in penance for his earlier worldly pursuits as he gazes at a sculpture of Jesus on the cross. In spite of this fervent activity in the foreground, the true subject of this painting is the vast landscape behind the saint. The artist rendered the mountains, valleys...
Size: 
15 × 21 7/16 in.; painted surface 14 15/16 × 21 3/8 in.
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago