Attributes & Emblems
Saint Jerome and the Desert Hermits
Hermits in the wilderness with skull, book and tamed beast: Jerome, Anthony, Paul the Hermit, Mary of Egypt.
29 paintings of saints, dated 1450–1861. Painters with the most works here: Lorenzo Lotto (4), Joachim Patinir (3) and Caravaggio (2).
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The Virgin and Child with Saints JeromeAndrea MantegnaFrom$350
Saint Mary of EgyptAngelica KauffmanFrom$350
Saint JeromeBartolomeo PasserottiFrom$350
Saint Jerome in MeditationCaravaggioFrom$350
Saint Jerome WritingCaravaggioFrom$350
Enthroned Madonna, Saint Jerome, and St. SebastianCarlo CrivelliFrom$350
Saints Anthony and LuciaCarlo CrivelliFrom$350
Saint Catherine of Siena receiving the stigmata between Saints Benedict and Jerome (detail)Domenico BeccafumiFrom$350
Saint JeromeÉmile Auguste HublinFrom$350
Saint Jerome reading a letterGeorges de la TourFrom$350
Saint Jerome ReadingGiovanni BelliniFrom$350
Landscape With The Penitent Saint JeromeJoachim PatinirFrom$350
The Penitence of Saint JeromeJoachim PatinirFrom$350
Rocky Landscape with Saint JeromeJoachim PatinirFrom$350
Saint JeromeJustus van GentFrom$350
Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome, Peter, Clare and FrancisLorenzo LottoFrom$350
Enthroned Madonna with Angels and Saints, St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Augustine on the left, St. Sebastian and St. Anthony the Abbot on the rightLorenzo LottoFrom$350
Enthroned Madonna with Angels and Saints, St. Joseph and St. Bernard on the left, St. John the Baptist and St. Anthony the Abbot on the rightLorenzo LottoFrom$350
Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Nicholas of TolentinoLorenzo LottoFrom$350
Saint JeromeLucas Cranach the ElderFrom$350
Saint Jerome in his studyMarinus van ReymerswaeleFrom$350
The Torment of Saint AnthonyMichelangeloFrom$350
Saint Jerome WritingNicolas TournierFrom$350
Saint JeromeNicolas TournierFrom$350
Saint Anthony (part of Tapestry in six paintings)Niko PirosmaniFrom$350
The Temptation of Saint AnthonyPaul DelarocheFrom$350
A Village Fair (Village festival in Honour of Saint Hubert and Saint Anthony)Pieter Brueghel the YoungerFrom$350
Saint Mary of EgyptQuentin MatsysFrom$350
Saint Jerome and the LionRogier van der WeydenFrom$350
The hermit saints are painted with a landscape rather than a crowd: rock, cave, book, skull, and an animal that has stopped being dangerous. Jerome has the lion whose paw he healed and the red hat of a cardinal he never wore; Anthony has the pig and the demons of his temptation; Mary of Egypt has her own hair for clothing. The subject is solitude, and the wilderness in these pictures is doing as much work as the figure.