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Source Description
St. Jerome (ca. 341-420 CE), the greatest Christian scholar of the classics, is revered for his translation of the Bible from the original Greek and Hebrew into Latin. He completed it in a monastery in Palestine, which the artist has suggested in the view through the window by adding camels to an otherwise Flemish landscape. The admonition that Jerome has fixed to the wall, "Cogita Mori" (Think upon death), is made explicit by the skull. His Bible is open to an image of the Last Judgment, while the hourglass and candle, objects commonly found on a desk, are further reminders of the passage of time and the imminence of death.Pieter Coecke van Aelst's large studio in Antwerp produced many variations on this subject.
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Document identity
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35964
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Saint Jerome in His Study
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drawing
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Source metadata
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35964
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drawing
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normalized
title
Saint Jerome in His Study
description
St. Jerome (ca. 341-420 CE), the greatest Christian scholar of the classics, is revered for his translation of the Bible from the original Greek and Hebrew into Latin. He completed it in a monastery in Palestine, which the artist has suggested in the view through the window by adding camels to an otherwise Flemish landscape. The admonition that Jerome has fixed to the wall, "Cogita Mori" (Think upon death), is made explicit by the skull. His Bible is open to an image of the Last Judgment, while the hourglass and candle, objects commonly found on a desk, are further reminders of the passage of time and the imminence of death.Pieter Coecke van Aelst's large studio in Antwerp produced many variations on this subject.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1530 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Painting & Drawing
paintings
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1
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1
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import
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cm
width
75.3
height
121.8
dimensionsRaw
29 5/8 x 47 15/16 in. (75.3 x 121.8 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Transcription] Cogita Mori; [Translation] Think upon death
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oil on panel
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2817
2817
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REN
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13
1994
2289
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2377
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1
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0
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photo
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