ARHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Angelica Kauffman, Flagellation, Royal Academy Of Arts
16 Jan 2017
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St jerome in the wilderness (c. 1480) is an unfinished painting by leonardo da. The painting depicts saint jerome during his retreat to the syrian desert, where he lived the life of a hermit. St jerome kneels in a rocky landscape, gazing toward a crucifix which can be discerned faintly sketched in at the extreme right of the painting. In jerome"s right hand he holds a rock with which he is traditionally shown beating his chest in penance. At his feet is the lion which became a loyal companion after he extracted a thorn from its paw. The lion, the stone and a cardinal"s hat are the traditional attributes of the saint. On the left-hand side of the panel the background is a distant landscape of a lake surrounded by precipitous mountains shrouded in mist. To the right-hand side, the only discernible feature is a faintly-sketched church, seen through the opening in the rocks.
