(b. ca. 1490, Reymerswale, d. ca. 1567, Reymerswale)
St Jerome
1547
Oil on panel, 80 x 108 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
The bookstand holds a tome open to a page showing the Last Judgment, which alludes to Jerome's meditations on the end of earthly existence. The exaggerated shapes of his hands are characteristic of Reymerswaele's figures.
