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| Keywords: Angelo Caroselli - Saint Jerome in the Wilderness - Walters 371910.jpg The theologian St Jerome ca 340-420 is shown meditating on the cross of Christ during his four years of penitence in the Syrian desert when he was in his 30s However his great service to the Church was his translation of the Bible made when he was much older when he was also said to have tamed a wild lion who became his companion Artists often combined these compelling images Influenced by the strident naturalism of Caravaggio 1571-1610 the unusual close-up naturalistic view of the aging body of the saint and in particular the soles of his dirty feet call attention to the artist's readiness to shock the viewer in conveying the deprivations of the desert Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 318 446-447 ca 1620 1630 Baroque oil on panel Painted surface cm 61 9 59 2 0 9 accession number 37 1910 888 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1897 catalogue no 221 as G A Razzi evidently G A Bazzi called il Sodoma Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Going for Baroque The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995-1996 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Angelo Caroselli Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
