san girolamo

Antoniazzo Romano was the leading painter of Rome in the late fifteenth century, serving the papal court and Roman churches with gentle, somewhat conservative devotional images. This san girolamo was created around 1481 and is now held at the Museo Poldi Pezzoli Egg tempera on panel was the dominant technique of the period, demanding careful layer-by-layer construction and patient craftsmanship The work is now in the collection of Museo Poldi Pezzoli.

Tempera on panel with Antoniazzo's characteristic gentle modeling and warm devotional tone. The work demonstrates the artistic qualities characteristic of Antoniazzo Romano's period.