Paintings Collection

Domenico Zampieri, called Domenichino (1581 - 1641)

The Vision of Saint Jerome

oil on copper; 49.4 x 37.2 cm

Prov:&Nbsp; : Monsieur Paillot Duc d'Orléans Henry Hope George Watson Taylor Mrs Whyte of Barron Hill, by descent to Captain Arthur Finch Dawson

Presented by the Trustees of Sir Denis Mahon’s charitable trust through the Art Fund, 2013.; WA2013.12

St Jerome (c. 342-420), in prayer before a crucifix, is interrupted by a heavenly vision, signifying divine blessing and inspiration. Domenichino made several paintings of the saint when in Rome in 1602-10: this was apparently made c. 1606-8 when he was living in the household of Monsignor Giovanni Battista Agucchi and it had a companion of a St Francis in prayer.