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Saint Jerome 1614

Medium: [br]Oil on canvas Dimensions: Canvas: 168 x 110.5 cm Framed: 194.3 x 137.2 x 6.4 cm El Greco depicted Saint Jerome on more than one occasion; often, as traditional, he paints Jerome in a cardinal’s garments. In this painting, however, El Greco has referred to another part of Jerome’s life: the period he spent as a half-clad ascetic or anchorite. (Text: E...

Credit:: Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington
More:: http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.12204.html

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