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Saint Jerome (c.340–420) was one of the four Latin Fathers of the Church. As a young man he travelled widely, living as a hermit in the Syrian Desert for four years. He is said to have experienced vivid sexual hallucinations during this time, and describes in one of his letters how he would beat his chest with a stone until the fever passed. In Benvenuto’s painting he is clearly shown in the apparel of a penitent with the stone held against his chest. After his retirement he held an appointment under Pope Damasus I, indicated in the painting by the presence of the red Cardinal’s hat at the bottom left. Later he settled in Bethlehem, where he translated the Bible into Latin. His translation, known as the Vulgate, was declared the official Latin text by the Council of Trent eleven centuries later.

The Wallace Collection

London

Title

Saint Jerome

Date

1475–1491

Medium

oil on poplar panel

Measurements

H 31 x W 19.7 cm

Accession number

P543

Acquisition method

acquired by Sir Richard Wallace, 1872; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

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