Saint Jerome
Jusepe de Ribera
n.d.
Medium
Brush and brown wash heightened with lead white (discolored) over black chalk, on tan laid paper
Dimensions
29.7 × 22.1 cm (11 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84303
About the Artist
Jusepe de Ribera · 1590–1652
Ribera is considered one of the most important figures in European painting in the 17th century and the Counter-Reformation. He was Spanish, but spent nearly his entire career in Italy. He was initially influenced by followers of Caravaggio who were active in Rome; he later incorporated stylistic innovations of Venice and Flanders in his own highly personal compositions.