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St. Jerome in His Study[edit]

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Original – The scene enriched by two landscapes depicted through the windows opening on both sides of the study, a là Mona Lisa. Books, representing knowledge; objects and animals, like a peacock and partridge have symbolical meanings, peacock symbolizing immortality while partridge is a reference to truth/deceit.
Reason
Good scan, good painting. The small painting - 45.7 × 36.2 cm (18 × 14.3 in) - shows St. Jerome working in his studio, on his translation of the Bible into Latin, called later the Vulgate. The painting is made by Antonello Messina, Italian Renaissance painter who lived in Messina, Sicily, - was an artist influenced by the contemporary Flemish school: all details he painted was done with "a magnificent taste for detail". The painting is in the National Gallery London http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/antonello-da-messina-saint-jerome-in-his-study
Articles in which this image appears
St. Jerome in His Study (Antonello da Messina) (own article) + Italian Renaissance painting
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Antonello da Messina

Promoted File:Antonello da Messina - St Jerome in his study - National Gallery London.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:34, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]