Saint Jerome Reading In A Landscape (Bellini, London)

''Saint Jerome Reading in a Landscape'' is a painting in oil and tempera on panel by

Giovanni Bellini Giovanni Bellini (; c. 1430 – 29 November 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his father, ...

or a follower, probably dating to between 1480 and 1485. One of several versions of the theme by the artist, it is now in the

National Gallery The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current di ...

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. It depicts

Saint Jerome Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. He is best known for his translation of the Bible ...

in the Syrian desert producing the

Vulgate Bible The Vulgate () is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible. It is largely the work of Saint Jerome who, in 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Gospels used by the Roman Church. Later, of his own initia ...

, accompanied by the lion from whose paw he extracted a thorn. In the distance is a walled city. {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Jerome Reading in a Landscape 1485 paintings Paintings by Giovanni Bellini Paintings in the National Gallery, London Books in art Lions in art Paintings of Jerome