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Saint Jerome spent two years in the desert, living a life of poverty and self-denial. As a punishment for sinful thoughts, he would – as we see here – beat his body until it bled. He was originally shown looking towards a vision of Christ, arms outstretched on a cross made of beams of light. This fragment is now in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan. The painting may have been commissioned as inspiration for a Franciscan confraternity whose members, like Saint Jerome, practised self-flagellation, with the aim of bringing themselves closer to Christ through imitation of his sufferings. Their founder, Saint Francis, is visible in the background kneeling beside a man in a red tunic, probably the panel’s patron. Tura’s underdrawing is visible beneath the paint surface.
Title
Saint Jerome
Date
probably about 1470
Medium
Oil and egg on poplar
Measurements
H 101 x W 57.2 cm
Accession number
NG773
Acquisition method
Bought, 1867
Work type
Painting
