Saint Jerome

Hendrick ter Brugghen’s ‘Saint Jerome’ was painted around 1621. The canvas shows the saint in a contemplative pose, reading a book. This oil painting is held at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

The painting is an oil on canvas. Ter Brugghen’s brushwork creates a dramatic play of light and shadow, typical of the Utrecht Caravaggisti.

There is no detailed record of the artwork’s commission or early provenance. It is currently housed in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Hendrick ter Brugghen was born in 1588 and died in 1629. He was part of the Utrecht Caravaggisti, a group of Dutch painters influenced by Caravaggio.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.2