Saint Jerome (about 342
- 420), the chief inspiration for Christian penitents & hermits, is depicted studying the Bible, which
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This work was painted as the high altarpiece of the church of S. Alessandro, Brescia. The solemnity of the central scene of the Nativity is relieved by a vision of rejoicing angels occupying the upper part of the panel. On either side, panels depict Saint Alessandro (lower left) & Saint Jerome in penitence (lower right) with his lion, a stone & a crucifix. Above these lateral panels are Saint Gaudioso (upper left) & Saint Filippo Benizzi (upper right). The strongly Venetian character of Romanino's work is most apparent in the heroic & richly coloured figure of Saint Alessandro, who is in the place of honour, at the right hand of the Holy Family, as befits the patron saint of the church. Centre panel 265 x 117.2 cm; lower side panels 159.5 x 64.2 cm & 159.1 x 64.8 cm; upper side panels 74.2 x 64.9 cm & 64.2 x 65.2 cm. ...

Saint Jerome (about 342
- 420 AD) was a theologian, writer & hermit. He made the first Latin translation of the Bible, known
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This picture of Saint Jerome is from an altarpiece; it probably served as the central panel. It has been cut at the top. Jerome's vision of the Crucifixion originally appeared in the sky & this portion of the painting is now in the Brera, Milan. Saint Jerome is shown beating his breast with a stone while praying. This refers to the two years he spent in the desert of Chalcis (376-8) repenting of his sins. The lion, one of the saint's attributes, is on the left. According to legend, Jerome befriended the lion by pulling a thorn out of its paw. The other animals may symbolise evil or simply suggest the wilderness. The wall-creeper & the owl may symbolise evil (the owl's nocturnal habits were sometimes associated with sin) or may simply suggest the desert setting. The kneeling figure is a donor. Behind him is Saint Francis with his hands extended to receive the stigmata, perhaps from the Crucifixion towards which Jerome also turns. The painting is likely to have been made for a Franciscan foundation. ...

Side panels of the Virgin's life: Left: her birth
- Saint Joachim's offering rejected; an Angel appears to him; the Meeting at
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Saint John was exiled to the island of Patmos where it is traditionally thought he experienced the divine revelations he recorded in the biblical Book of Revelation. Beside him his symbol, an eagle, rests upon a closed book. This picture is probably sout ...

It was on the island of Patmos that Saint John wrote the Book of Revelation. Beside him rests his symbol, the eagle, holds the saint's ink pot. In the sky above is a vision of a woman & child ('the Woman clothed with the Sun') & the seven-headed drago ...

The words on Saint John the Baptist's scroll, ' Behold the Lamb of God', are taken from his Gospel. New Testament (John 1: 29 & 26). This work was previously attributed to Montagna, but is probably a late work by Buonconsiglio. It appears to have been pa ...

In the centre are shown the Virgin & Child enthroned. In the lower row, from left to right are Saints Bernardino, Anthony of Padua, Peter Martyr & John the Baptist. In the upper row are Saints Jerome, Catherine, the Pieta, Saint Sebastian & a female ...