St. Jerome hearing the trumpet of the last judgment

Ribera, Jusepe de (ca. 1591-1652)

Item type:

print

Date of creation:

ca. 1621

Height:

31.1 cm  (12 1/4 in.)

Width:

23.2 cm  (9 1/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

etching on paper

Place of creation:

Italia

Description

St. Jerome is seated on flat stones and leaning on his right forearm while gazing in wonder up into heaven at an angel flying above the clouds and playing a twisted trumpet. Jerome's gaunt body is naked except for a large sheet draped over his loins and thighs. His right hand with fingers extended points toward the angel while holding a quill pen in his left hand. Several books are at his right hand and by his right foot. A lion's head is in the lower right looking at one of the open books, and a human skull is in the background behind Jerome's right shoulder. The background is stormy with broken trees.

People as subjects

St. Jerome (ca. 342-420) (Non-musician/dancer)

Iconclass

11H(JEROME)342
St. Jerome listens to angels blowing the trumpets of the Last Judgement

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Fanfare trumpet [4401]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 2

Notes

Provenance: Defer-Dumesnil (Lugt 734).

RIdIM record id

5279