Saint Jerome (San Geronimo)
c. 1840
Water-based paint on wood panel
33.9 × 24.1 cm (13.3 × 9.5 in)
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● On view now — Collection Gallery, Room 18, North Wall
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia · verified July 2026
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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Painted in New Mexico, this small religious scene is known as a retablo. The New Mexican painters who specialized in these subjects were called santeros . Jerome is represented here with several of his traditional attributes. He holds a cross and a set of rocks, while a lion sits at his feet and a trumpet in the corner announces the final judgement.
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