Madonna and Child with St Jerome

Painting by Pinturicchio

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Madonna and Child with St Jerome

Artist| Pinturicchio
Year| 1481
Medium| Oil on panel
Dimensions| 49.5 cm × 38 cm (19.5 in × 15 in)
Location| Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

The Madonna and Child with St Jerome is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Pinturicchio, painted in 1481 and housed in the Gemäldegalerie of Berlin, Germany.[1]

## Description

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The painting shows an infrequent composition, with the Virgin holding the Child who writes on a book, an allusion to his intervention in the Holy Books. On the right is St. Jerome, recognizable by his cardinal dress, leaving a book on the marble throne where the Madonna sits: in this case this is one of his traditional attributes of knowledge.

Jesus wears a pearl-lined coif which can be seen in another Pinturicchio's work of the period, the Crucifixion between Sts. Jerome and Christoper (c. 1475), now at the Borghese Gallery. The theme, used also by Fiorenzo di Lorenzo, was later abandoned by the Umbrian artist in favour of a free, curly hair.

On the right is an open landscape, a typical element of the Renaissance Umbrian school.

## References

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1. ^ "Maria mit dem Kind und dem Heiligen Hieronymus". Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums). Retrieved 2024-04-22.

## Sources

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* Acidini, Cristina (2004). "Pintoricchio". Pittori del Rinascimento. Florence: Scala. ISBN 88-8117-099-X.

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Pinturicchio

Paintings|

* Miracles of St Bernardino (c. 1473) (with other artists)
* Crucifixion between Sts. Jerome and Christopher (c. 1475)
* Saint Jerome in the Desert (c. 1475-1480)
* Madonna and Child with St Jerome (c. 1481)
* Madonna of Peace (c. 1490)
* Semi-Gods Ceiling (c. 1490)
* The Hall of the Saints (1491-1494)
* Madonna and Child with a Bishop (c. 1495)
* Madonna with the Christ Child Reading (c. 1494-1498)
* Madonna with the Christ Child Writing (c. 1494-1498)
* Santa Maria dei Fossi Altarpiece (1496-1498)
* St Augustine (1510)

Chapels|

* Baglioni Chapel
* Basso della Rovere Chapel
* Borgia Apartments
* Bufalini Chapel
* Costa Chapel
* Cybo Chapel
* Della Rovere Chapel

Related|

* Santa Maria del Popolo

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