03 — ARTWORK
St Jerome
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 190 x 149 cm
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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Janssens travelled to Italy, where he was recorded in Rome in 1598 and 1601. He was strongly influenced throughout the rest of his career by what he saw there; he certainly fell under the spell of Caravaggio. The present highly Caravaggesque painting, for example, with its dramatic diagonal lighting, strong chiaroscuroIn painting, the modelling of form (the creation of a sense of three-dimensionality in objects) through the use of light and shade. The introduction of oil paints in the 15th century, replacing tempera, encouraged the development of chiaroscuro, for oil paint allowed a far greater range and control of tone. The term chiaroscuro is used in particular for the dramatic contrasts of light and dark introduced by Caravaggio. When the contrast of light and dark is strong, chiaroscuro becomes an important element of composition. and almost totally dark background, is particularly close to <a onclick="return OpenOther('/html/c/caravagg/07/41baptis.html')" href="/html/c/caravagg/07/41baptis.html">Caravaggio's St John the Baptist,</a> which dates from circa 1604.
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@online{wga-r607a932de37dbb,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {St Jerome by JANSSENS, Abraham},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/janssens-abraham-r01eeb68d62fe5e/st-jerome-r607a932de37dbb},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
