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Bearded old man in red robe dozing with head on hand beside a skull, open book and candle in a dark study.

Saint Jerome in His Study by Candlelight

An elderly bearded man in a red robe rests his head on his hand, eyes closed, in a dim study. A candle lights the scene from the lower left, revealing an open book, a skull resting in his lap, and a red cardinal's hat hanging on the wall above.

Artist
attributed to Aertgen Claesz van Leyden
Date
1520-1530
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3118 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1530.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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