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Cleveland Museum of Art128375portraitGiovanni Battista Langetti (Italian, 1635–1676)c. 1660CC0cma sacred-art flora-fauna night-dreams sacred art flora fauna night dreams saint mark angels trumpet torment divine storm baroque painting religious italian art light and shadow red robe lion classical composition tenebrism 17th century the vision jeromeGiovanni Battista Langetti (Italian, 1635–1676) c. 1660 Italy, 17th century oil on canvas Painting European ReligiousSacred & Devotional The Living World Night, Dreams & Apparitions
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The Vision of Saint Jerome by Giovanni Battista Langetti (Italian, 1635–1676) (c. 1660). Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.334
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Jerome (c. 347–420 CE) studied Greek and Latin literature in Rome, but eventually pursued theology, perceiving his conduct as corrupt and sinful. Around 374 CE, Jerome had a vision of the Last Judgment in which an angel called him to task for his transgressions. Jerome then withdrew from society, learned Hebrew, and studied the Gospels, which led to his influential translations of the Bible. Langetti here follows a convention by depicting Jerome's vision after he retreated from the world. Working in the northern Italian port of Genoa, Langetti absorbed Caravaggio's impact, seen in the composition's naturalistic bodies and dramatic light.
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a dramatically lit painting depicts saint mark in torment, receiving aid from two angels amidst a stormy sky.
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