Saint Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment, c. 1621, Jusepe (Giuseppe) de Ribera, Spanish (active in Italy), 1591-1652, 12 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. ( x cm) (image)12 1/4 x 9 5/8 in. ( x cm) (sheet), Etching and engraving, Italy, 17th century, The blast of an angel's trumpet startles the old scholar. Jerome's own writings describe the sound as signaling the Last Judgment. Jusepe de Ribera made full use of the Baroque repertoire to convey the saint's heightened state, evident in Jerome's off-balance sway and theatrical arm gesture, and in the angel's foreshortened form

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