Neapolitan Caravaggio school
First half of the 17th century
Saint Jerome with book
Oil on canvas, contemporary frame
The exasperation of the physiognomic features, especially in the hands and arm, and the strong contrast of light highlight the composition of the painting, bringing the work towards the Neapolitan pictorial environment, the post-Caravaggio period of the "tenebrosi".
Painter close to the workshop of Jusepe De Ribera
Canvas dimensions cm 49 x cm 66.5