Saint Jerome in His Study (Ghirlandaio)
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Saint Jerome in His Study is a
church of Ognissanti, Florence
.
The work was commissioned by the
Saint Augustine in His Study by Sandro Botticelli (1480). Both depicted two Doctors of the Church in their studies, with a number of objects which should mark their role as precursors of humanism
. They decorated the area next to the choir, which was demolished in the 18th century. In that occasion the two frescoes were removed and placed in the nave. Part of the annexed frame and the inscriptions were lost.
Description
While Botticelli adopted a more expressive composition in his Saint Jerome in His Study which was in the collections of Lorenzo de' Medici.
Jerome is portrayed with his head resting on one hand, while writing with the other. This was the same posture chosen by Jan van Eyck. The open books and the cartouches, with
cardinal hat
, two pharmacist vases, a cylindrical case, a necklace, a purse, some fruit, two transparent glass bottles and an hourglass.
The light comes from the upper right corner, producing a well defined shadow of the saint on the drapery behind him; but also from the foreground, illuminating the objects on the desk.
Sources
- Micheletti, Emma (2004). "Ghirlandaio". Pittori del Rinascimento. Florence: Scala.