10 works, Today, September 30th, is Saint Jerome’s day, his story illustrated #272

Leonardo da Vinci
Saint Jerome Praying in the Wilderness,” begun c. 1483
Vatican Museums, Vatican City State

Saint Jerome (ca. 345–420) was an early Christian biblical scholar. The official Latin Bible of the Roman Catholic Church, the Vulgate, is largely the product of his labors of translation and revision…

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Author: zaidangallery

I search Art History for Beautiful works that may, or may not, have a secondary or unexpected story to tell. I then write short summaries that grow from my research. Art work is so much more when its secrets are exposed

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