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| Juan de Valdés Leal St. Jerome 1656-57 Prado |
September 30th is the Feast of St. Jerome, patron saint of translators, scholars and librarians. St. Jerome made the first translation of the Bible into Latin around AD 400. From earliest times and into the Middle Ages he was depicted by illuminators and painters – engaged in study, engaged in spiritual penitence, engaged in communion with angels. St. Jerome remained in high favor with Baroque-inspired painters.
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| Bartolomé Murillo St. Jerome Reading c. 1650-52 Prado |
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| Antonio Campi St. Jerome c. 1566 Prado |
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| Leonello Spada St. Jerome c. 1610 Palazzo Barberini |
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| Antonio de Pereda St. Jerome 1643 Prado |
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| Diego Polo Penitent St. Jerome c. 1630 Prado |
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| Domenichino An Angel Appears to St. Jerome c. 1630 Prado |
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| Joachim Patinir Landscape with St. Jerome 1516-17 Prado |
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| Lorenzo Lotto Penitent St. Jerome 1546 Prado |
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| Simon Vouet St. Jerome with Angel c. 1622-25 National Gallery of Art (U.S.) |
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| Alonso Cano Penitent St. Jerome c. 1660 Prado |
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| Francisco Camilo St. Jerome with Angels 1651 Prado |
I am grateful for the beautiful reproductions made available by Museo del Prado.