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Painting of a bald, bearded old man reading at a stone table in a rocky arch, with a skull, a lion at lower right, and a distant landscape.

St Jerome

An elderly bearded man, nearly nude except for a green cloth, sits reading a large open book at a stone table in a rocky arch. A skull rests beside the book, and a red cloak hangs behind him, while a lion lies at lower right and a distant town and mountains fill the landscape.

Artist
attributed to Bernardino da Brescia
Date
1500-1520
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2685 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1520.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: San Jerónimo en el desierto

Un anciano barbudo, casi desnudo salvo por un paño verde, lee un gran libro abierto sobre una mesa de piedra en un arco rocoso. Junto al libro descansa un cráneo, detrás cuelga una capa roja, y en el extremo inferior derecho un león yace, mientras al fondo se ven un pueblo y montañas.

Português: São Jerônimo no deserto

Um homem idoso e barbudo, quase nu exceto por um pano verde, lê um grande livro aberto sobre uma mesa de pedra em um arco rochoso. Ao lado do livro há um crânio, uma capa vermelha pende atrás dele, e no canto inferior direito um leão está deitado, enquanto ao fundo aparecem uma cidade e montanhas.

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