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Description: | This painting shows the early Christian saint Jerome living in the wilderness. He decided to live as a hermit after he had a dream in which God condemned him for his interest in classical literature. He gave up the Roman classics and learnt Hebrew in order to study Biblical scripture, subsequently translating the Bible thus creating the Vulgate Latin version used for centuries thereafter. The artist Sodoma worked mostly in Siena and Rome. This painting shows the influence of Leonardo da Vinci prevalent in his work, such as the smoky tones used to depict the flesh. In the nineteenth-century, it was thought that the painting was by this much more famous artist. | Subjects: | religion (St Jerome); landscape | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Sodoma (Italian painter, 1477-1549) Æ Previously attributed to Leonardo da Vinci (Italian painter, draftsman, scientist, 1452-1519) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8691... | Go to resource |
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