Vision of Saint Jerome
around 1659/62 | Guido Cagnacci
Cagnacci was called to the court of Emperor Leopold I in Vienna in 1658. There he painted a number of pictures, including this St. Jerome, who hears the trombone of the Last Judgement while translating the Holy Bible. We know that this Father of the Latin Church was originally depicted “looking towards a trumpet in the sky”; thus the height of the picture must have been reduced by ca. 20 cm. Characteristic of Cagnacci are the sensual depiction of the still-youthful body and the accessories that are lying around as well as the mannered gestures of the startled man.
Cagnacci was called to the court of Emperor Leopold I in Vienna in 1658. There he painted a number of pictures, including this St. Jerome, who hears the trombone of the Last Judgement while translating the Holy Bible. We know that this Father of the Latin Church was originally depicted “looking towards a trumpet in the sky”; thus the height of the picture must have been reduced by ca. 20 cm. Characteristic of Cagnacci are the sensual depiction of the still-youthful body and the accessories that are lying around as well as the mannered gestures of the startled man.
Artist:
Guido Cagnacci (1601 San Arcangelo di Romagna - 1663 Wien) DNB
Time:
around 1659/62
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Emilian
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
160 cm × 110,5 cm
Framed (gallery frame with inscriptions): 178,2 cm × 130 cm × 7 cm
Signed
Inscribed on the lower left of the stone: GVIDO CAGNACCI
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1665
Provenance
Coll. Leopold Wilhelm