GHIRLANDAIO, Davide
(b. 1452, Firenze, d. 1525, Firenze)

St Jerome

c. 1475
Fresco
Biblioteca Apostolica, Vatican

Between November 1475 and April 1476 Domenico Ghirlandaio and his brother Davide received payments for painting half-figure bust portraits of ancient philosophers and Church fathers, together with inscription ribbons, in the Biblioteca Latina at the Vatican Palace. These paintings were rediscovered in 1967.