# Abbess Jerónima de la Fuente [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VELAZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 162 x 107,5 cm ## Commentary One of his series of unforgettable portraits showing great psychological acuity, and among the few works to be dated and signed by the young artist, is Mother Jerónima de la Fuente. According to the long inscription on the lower part, the Abbess departed from Seville to the Philippine Islands in 1620 to establish a cloister there. The realistic style of the painting reflects the influence of Francisco Herrera the Elder and Francisco Pacheco. The elderly nun's gaze is keen and slightly melancholic, as if prepared for any sacrifice. She holds a large crucifix in her right hand and a book in her left hand. ## Related artworks - [A White Horse]() - [A Young Man \(detail\)]() - [Aesop]() - [Arachne]() - [Breakfast]() - [Cardinal Infante Don Fernando as a Hunter]() - [Christ in the House of Mary and Martha \(detail\)]() - [Christ in the House of Mary and Martha]() - [Christ on the Cross]() - [Court Dwarf Don Antonio el Inglés]() - [Democritus]() - [Doña Antonia de Ipeñarrieta y Galdós and her Son Luis]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()