EYCK, Jan van
(b. before 1395, Maaseik, d. before 1441, Bruges)

St Jerome

1442
Oil on parchment on oak panel, 20 x 12,5 cm
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit

The painting is attributed to Jan van Eyck. The date of 1442 appears on the painting, showing that it was completed by workshop associates in just a year after Van Eyck's death. It can be supposed from the letter on the table, that St Jerome represents a portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati.