The Penitent Saint Jerome in his Study, National Gallery of Canada - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Hourglass on Waymarking.com

In this Italian painting from 1615, an hourglass sits with other still-life objects on a bench in the study of Saint Jerome. This painting was acquired by the National Gallery of Canada in 2004 and is on display on the second level, international category. The text below is the description of the painting as provided by the gallery.

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Formerly attributed to Carlo Saraceni, this major discovery for the history of the Baroque in Rome has been only recently ascribed to his close follower - the "Pensionante del Saraceni", or Lodger of Carlo Saraceni. The nationality of this still anonymous painter remains uncertain. His style is a softer and more intimate version of Caravaggio’s, yet shares the same intense emotional content and obsession with the effects of light and shade. This representation of the saint in an austere interior setting with an open window was directly inspired by Caravaggio’s "Calling of Saint Matthew" in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. The figure was in part an excuse for the painter to depict the myriad still-life elements so accurately portrayed that make up the majority of the canvas and contribute to the enigmatic quality of the image.

Autrefois attribuée à Carlo Saraceni, la paternité de cette découverte majeure dans l’histoire de l’art baroque romain a récemment été donnée à un proche disciple - « Pensionante del Saraceni » ou Pensionnaire de Carlo Saraceni. La nationalité du peintre, resté anonyme, demeure incertaine. Le tableau, qui rappelle Caravaggio par son intensité émotionnelle et sa recherche obsessive du clair-obscur, quoique dans une version adoucie et plus intimiste, représente le saint dans un décor austère où figure une fenêtre ouverte. La toile s’inspire directement de « La vocation de Saint Mathieu » de Caravaggio que l’on peut voir dans l’église Saint-Louis-des-Français à Rome. Le personnage sert presque de prétexte au peintre pour mettre en scène divers éléments d’une nature morte, minutieusement exécutés, qui occupent l’essentiel de la toile et contribuent au caractère énigmatique de l’oeuvre.

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