Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

This Saint Jerome in the Wilderness was produced by the workshop of Paolo Veronese between 1585 and 1590, during the final years of the master's life when workshop production was at its peak. After Veronese's death in 1588, his sons and workshop members continued to produce paintings under his name, making attribution in his late work particularly complex. The penitent Saint Jerome in a landscape was a standard devotional subject that allowed for both figure study and landscape painting.

The oil on canvas demonstrates the characteristic Veronese workshop palette of silvery tones and luminous coloring. The landscape setting and the muscular figure of the saint are rendered with the fluid brushwork of the Venetian tradition, though the handling suggests workshop execution rather than the master's personal touch.