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17th century

Artworks 31 to 40 of 73:

A Philosopher

by Jusepe de Ribera, 1637

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Frame: 61 × 51 × 5 in (154.94 × 129.54 × 12.7 cm)
Location
LACMA

Saint Jerome

by Jusepe de Ribera, circa 1638–1640

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Framed: 150 x 121.5 x 9 cm (59 1/16 x 47 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.); Unframed: 129 x 100.3 cm (50 13/16 x 39 1/2 in.)
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art

Saint Francis in Prayer

by Francisco de Zurbarán, circa 1638–1639

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
46-1/4 x 35-1/2 in (117.5 x 90.2 cm)
Credits
The Norton Simon Foundation
Location
Norton Simon Museum

Christ and the Virgin in the House at Nazareth

by Francisco de Zurbarán, 1640

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Framed: 201 x 256 x 10 cm (79 1/8 x 100 13/16 x 3 15/16 in.); Unframed: 165 x 218.2 cm (64 15/16 x 85 7/8 in.)
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art

Saint Jerome

by Francisco de Zurbarán, circa 1640–1645

Medium
Oil
Dimensions
73 in x 41 in (185.42 cm x 104.14 cm)
Location
San Diego Museum of Art

Saint Jerome

by Jusepe de Ribera, 1640

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
128 x 101.3 cm (50 3/8 x 39 7/8 in); framed: 165 x 139.5 x 8.2 cm (64 15/16 x 54 15/16 x 3 1/4 in)
Credits
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Arthur Sachs
Location
Harvard Art Museums

The Needlewoman

by Diego Velázquez, circa 1640–1650

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
74 x 60 cm (29 1/8 x 23 5/8 in)
Credits
Andrew W. Mellon Collection.
Location
National Gallery of Art

Virgin and Child

by Jusepe de Ribera, 1643

Medium
Oil on canvas
Location
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

St. Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment

by Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, circa 1645–1650

Medium
Reed pen and brown ink, heightened with white gouache
Dimensions
29.4 × 19.8 cm (11 9/16 × 7 13/16 in)
Notes

Living in the wilderness as a hermit, Saint Jerome heard trumpets sounding the Last Judgment; looking up, he saw the cross with Christ's body rising in front of him. Here the trumpet appears so tantalizingly close that Jerome reaches up to try to touch it. His attributes, a lion and a book, surround him.

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra built the dynamic composition from lively, quick strokes. Hatching and cross-hatching emphasize the rippling muscles on the saint's arms and back and elaborate the folds of fabric around his waist. They suggest the undergrowth on the left and the lion's fur.

Location
J. Paul Getty Museum

Female Figure (Sibyl with Tabula Rasa)

by Diego Velázquez, 1648

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
25 1/2 x 23 in (64.8 x 58.4 cm)
Credits
Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Algur H. Meadows Collection, MM.74.01. Photography by Michael Bodycomb.
Location
Meadows Museum