Saint Jerome Reading in the Desert

Saint Jerome in the Desert, or Saint Jerome Reading in the Desert, is an oil painting on panel of 1480 by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini, now in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence as part of the Contini Bonacossi collection, giving it its alternative title of the Contini Bonacossi Saint Jerome.

Its original location is unknown, though Gamba's theory is that it was an altarpiece for Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice, where Jacopo Sansovino mentioned seeing a Saint Jerome by Bellini completed in 1489. It uses the same composition as another Saint Jerome in the Desert, controversially dated to around 1505. In both works Saint Jerome is shown reading in the desert, referring to both his life as a hermit and his production of the Vulgate Bible.

The work in Florence shows a crucifix on a long shaft, which the saint used as an aid to prayer. His usual lion is shown, as are some birds,…

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