Style of Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-Bologna 1642)
St Jerome Penitent before 1662
Oil on canvas | 66.1 x 50.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 402617
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St Jerome, one of the four Latin Fathers of the Church, is shown bust-length, gazing upwards, with a long beard. Frequently depicted in paintings in penitence or practising asceticism, he here holds a stone with which to beat his breast. The saint wears a red robe, suggesting that this may be the painting of 'St. Jerom by ditto Guido', bought by Charles II from Frizell in 1662 and placed in Paradise at Hampton Court, which was described as being '…in a red garment.' The style of the painting is vaguely related to the style of Reni, but the composition is not based on any known Reni treatment of St Jerome.
Provenance
Acquired by Charles II in 1660 for £15 from William Frizell at Breda (List II no 37); recorded in the room called 'Paradise' at Hampton Court in 1666 (no 79)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
66.1 x 50.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
80.6 x 64.7 x 5.2 cm (frame, external)
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