Last Communion of St Jerome (Botticelli)
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| Artist | Sandro Botticelli |
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| Year | 1494–1495 |
| Type | Tempera on panel |
| Dimensions | 34.3 cm × 25.5 cm (13.5 in × 10.0 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City |
The Last Communion of St. Jerome is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli, finished around 1494-1495. It is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City.
The small picture is inspired to one of the three apocryphal letters of Eusebius, according to which, before dying, St. Jerome received the Last Communion by St. Eusebius[disambiguation needed] himself. The choice of this scene, far less frequent than the usual depiction of St. Jerome in his studio, has been connected to Savonarola's predication in Florence at the time the work was executed; the latter's commissioner, identified by some scholars as the rich merchant Francesco del Pugliese, would be in fact a followed of the Ferrarese preacher.[1]
References
External links
- Page at artonline.it (Italian)
- Metropolitan Museum Page
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- 1490s paintings
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