# St Jerome

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TENIERS, David the Younger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/teniers-david-the-younger-r5d6093cb05e123>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on panel, 27 x 36 cm

## Commentary

Sitting on an imposing stone slab in his cave with a lion resting at his side, St Jerome piously devotes himself to reading in front of a makeshift altar. Clothed in a sculptural red drape, he looks towards the far left of the painting, reflecting upon the errors that led him away from the path of the Gospel. The objects lying on the altar are an hourglass and a skull, symbols of vanity, and also a crucifix.

## Related artworks

- [A Barn Interior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/teniers-david-the-younger-r5d6093cb05e123/a-barn-interior-r3b1c1e5d6e6cab>)
- [A Cobbler in his Workshop](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/teniers-david-the-younger-r5d6093cb05e123/a-cobbler-in-his-workshop-r737bd43d5dd865>)
- [A View of Het Sterckshof near Antwerp](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/teniers-david-the-younger-r5d6093cb05e123/a-view-of-het-sterckshof-near-antwerp-r8bc3ee19845a02>)
- [Apes in the Kitchen](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/teniers-david-the-younger-r5d6093cb05e123/apes-in-the-kitchen-r5a8651e9803771>)
- [Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/teniers-david-the-younger-r5d6093cb05e123/archduke-leopold-wilhelm-in-his-gallery-rff30c7c42512c0>)
- [Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria in his Gallery](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/teniers-david-the-younger-r5d6093cb05e123/archduke-leopold-wilhelm-of-austria-in-his-gallery-re06bc8f58ff9ee>)
- [Before the Inn](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/teniers-david-the-younger-r5d6093cb05e123/before-the-inn-r8f67b1ed9b15e6>)
- [Card Players](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/teniers-david-the-younger-r5d6093cb05e123/card-players-rf828ee5ad599d7>)
- [Country Kermis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/teniers-david-the-younger-r5d6093cb05e123/country-kermis-ra1ebde8e4d073f>)
- [Countryside Inn with Revellers \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/teniers-david-the-younger-r5d6093cb05e123/countryside-inn-with-revellers-detail-red0c107b15fc6b>)
- [Countryside Inn with Revellers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/teniers-david-the-younger-r5d6093cb05e123/countryside-inn-with-revellers-r5b943a7da3fd4f>)
- [Dulle Griet \(Mad Meg\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/teniers-david-the-younger-r5d6093cb05e123/dulle-griet-mad-meg-r5074eb6bc61612>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)