GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico
(b. 1449, Firenze, d. 1494, Firenze)

St Jerome in his Study (detail)

1480
Fresco
Ognissanti, Florence

In contrast with the St Jerome Ghirlandaio painted in Cercina, this St Jerome is not depicted as a penitent but as the scholarly translator of the Bible.




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