Saint Jerome Reading

c. 1624

Jusepe de Ribera

Associated Names
Jusepe de Ribera

Artist, Spanish, 1591 - 1652

The image shows an elderly man sitting and looking down at a piece of paper he is holding. He has a bald head with a beard, and is wearing minimal clothing. Rocks and a skull are nearby. In the background, there is a lion and rocky formations with sparse trees and clouds in the sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with some engraving and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Philip and Judith Benedict

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 19.1 x 25.3 cm (7 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1997.88.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Brown 1973, no. 13, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector (stamp, balance, Lugt undescribed); Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington, DC; by descent to Philip and Judith Benedict; gift to NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 19.

Bibliography

1973

  • Brown, Jonathan. Jusepe de Ribera: Prints and Drawings. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973.

1994

  • A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 19.

Inscriptions

upper left in plate with false monogram: GR / A; by later hand, upper center verso in graphite: 16; by later hand, center right verso in graphite: B. 3

Wikidata ID

Q75121494

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