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Bald old man in grey robe kneels in prayer before a table with books and candlesticks, beneath a red curtain.

St. Jerome kneeling in prayer, 1676

A bald, bearded old man kneels in a grey robe on a dark floor, hands clasped in prayer and a faint halo above his head. Beside him a draped table holds books, candlesticks and a small devotional object, under a rich red curtain and a patterned carpet, in warm, shadowed oil painting.

Artist
Matthijs Naiveu
Date
1676
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3152 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1676.
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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