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An old man with a long white beard kneels in a rocky landscape. He gazes up at a rough wooden cross made from two slender branches roped together. This is Jerome, a fourth-century saint. It's one of a number of versions of the subject made by Cima da Conegliano.The painting is arranged to focus our attention on the white of the stone that Jerome holds, almost in the centre. When tempted by sinful thoughts, symbolised by the snake wriggling on the ground, the saint would beat his breast.The shapes of the landscape are closely related to Saint Jerome's own shape and movements. The composition is structured around a series of diagonal parallel lines running from top left to bottom right. A zigzagging road draws our eye into the valley, connecting the foreground with the landscape.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Saint Jerome in a Landscape

Date

about 1500-10

Medium

Oil on wood

Measurements

H 32.1 x W 25.4 cm

Accession number

NG1120

Acquisition method

Bought, 1882

Work type

Painting

The National Gallery, London

Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England

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Artist or maker

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano

c.1459–1517

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