Saint Jerome and a Supplicant

ca. 1460–64?

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

A supplicant has interrupted the studies of the fourth-century scholar and ascetic Saint Jerome, who translated the Bible from Hebrew and Greek into Latin. He is identified as Girolamo Agostino Amadi (ca. 1433/35–1507), a silk merchant in Venice. The beautiful landscape background resembles the surroundings of Piero’s native Sansepolcro. As one eminent scholar noted, "Here men and saints, equal in their landscape surroundings, meet and establish a rustic familiarity, the significance of which is immersed in the spectacle of the hot afternoon."

Artwork Details

Overview

Title: Saint Jerome and a Supplicant
Artist: Piero della Francesca (Italian, Sansepolcro ca. 1412–1492 Sansepolcro)
Date: ca. 1460–64?
Medium: Tempera and oil on wood
Dimensions: 19 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (49.5 × 39.4 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
Curatorial Department: European Paintings