1420
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
Saint Jerome in his Study is a 1420 unspecified by Lorenzo Monaco, held at Rijksmuseum.
You see a bearded man in a red robe sitting at a desk piled with books and papers. A lion naps at his feet, and sunlight streams through arched windows behind him. This painting was once the right side of a small folding altarpiece. The lion comes from a legend: Jerome pulled a thorn from its paw, and the animal stayed loyal. The artist used thin layers of paint to make the folds in the robe look soft and real. To see more quiet studies like this, visit the Rijksmuseum.
Lorenzo Monaco was a Sienese painter and miniaturist of the late Gothic to early Renaissance age, active principally in Florence.
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