Tag: SAINT JEROME
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06 Works, Today, May 5th is Jovinianus’s day, With Footnotes – #126
Jovinian (died c. 405), was an opponent of Christian asceticism in the 4th century and was condemned as a heretic at synods convened in Rome under Pope Siricius and in Milan by St Ambrose in 393… Please follow link for full post
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04 Works, Today, March 21st, is Saint Lea’s Day, With Footnotes – #80
Saint Lea (died c. 383) is a fourth-century saint in the Roman Catholic Church based on the authority of Jerome. Lea of Rome is known only through the testimony of her beloved friend, the learned Saint Jerome. Jerome, a scholarly monk best known for his Latin translation of the Bible, is the Church’s only source of…
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Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Saint Jerome 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY., with Footnotes. #44
Jerome (c. 347 – 30 September 420) was a priest, confessor, theologian and historian. He was the son of Eusebius, born at Stridon, a village near Emona on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia, then part of northeastern Italy. He is best known for his translation of most of the Bible into Latin (the translation that…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by the Old Masters, With Footnotes – 74
Giuseppe Cesari, called Cavaliere d’Arpino, ARPINO OR ROME 1568 – 1640 ROME SAINT JEROME IN THE DESERT, circa 1600 Oil on panel 20 1/2 by 22 7/8 in.; 52 by 58 cm. Private collection Saint Jerome in the desert was executed by Arpino circa 1600, when the artist was at the height of his popularity. Executed on…
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05 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 69
Claude Vignon, TOURS 1593 – 1670 PARIS JOSEPH INTERPRETING DREAMS IN PRISON Oil on canvas 53 7/8 by 74 in.; 136 by 188 cm. Private collection Claude Vignon (19 May 1593 – 10 May 1670) was a leading French painter and engraver working in the Baroque manner. He was born at Tours and received early training…
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13 Paintings, scenes from the Bible, by The Old Masters, with footnotes # 37
Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, called Botticelli, and Studio, FLORENCE 1445 – 1510 THE MADONNA AND CHILD WITH SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST oil on panel, a tondo diameter: 34 1/4 in.; 87 cm. This tondo by Sandro Botticelli likely dates to the second half of the 1480s, when the artist had returned to Florence from Rome. The…