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Saint Jerome

Jusepe de Ribera
1643
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Following the Catholic Reformation, Saint Jerome appeared in various 17th-century representations. In this context, the worship of saints was encouraged. Representations of the saints with heroic or mystical attitudes abounded. Those of hermit saints called for penitence…

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Saint Jerome
Jusepe de Ribera
1643

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