Saint Jerome (El Greco)

Saint Jerome is a 1609 painting by El Greco, now in the Frick Collection, New York.

The artist frequently returned to this subject and here shows Jerome dressed as a cardinal in a pose reminiscent of his Portrait of Cardinal Tavera and Portrait of Jerónimo de Cevallos, pointing at an open book on a table covered with a green tapestry. The deep folds in the garments point to the influence of Michelangelo and Byzantine icon painting.

See also

• List of works by El Greco

References

Bibliography (in Spanish)

• ÁLVAREZ LOPERA, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). .
• SCHOLZ-HÄNSEL, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. .
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100918075528/http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/genios/cuadros/1708.htm