Copy after Liss’s Inspiration of Saint Jerome
ArtistManner of
Johann Liss
(German, 1595 to 1600-1631, active in Antwerp, Rome and Venice)
Datesecond half of the 1700s
CultureItalian
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN311
This altarpiece may be the first of many versions of a famous painting by Liss, the best known of which is in the Venetian church of San Nicolò Tolentino. Saint Jerome, the 4th-century translator of the Bible into Latin, receives angelic messengers who point to the heavenly source of his inspiration, and guide his hand. Light streams down from above, as the palette changes from airy pinks, blues, and whites to earthy reds, browns, and blacks - all held together by the fluid brushwork and dynamic relationship of the figures.
On View
Not on view
ca. 1600s
Girolamo Romanino
