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JEROME left, a cavern, a hermit, and a lion ; in dis- tance, a horseman at foot of a mountain. Acquired in 1857 for 995 francs at Marct sa le. Villot, Cat. Louvre. By Tintoretto, Vienna Museum ; canvas, H. 4 ft. G in. x 3 ft. 2 in. St. Jerome, read- ' ing. The Saint, seated in a cavern, reads a hook placed on his knee, and presses a cru- Maravigli, i. 267; C. & C., Titian, ii. 333. By Titian, Louvre ; canvas, H. 2 ft. 8 in. X 3 ft: 4 in. The Saint, old and bearded, kneeling before a crucifix fastened to the trunk of a tree. Painted probably about 1531. Replica, painted for Marquis of Man- tua (1531), has disappeared. Many copies, with changes. Collection of Louis XJV. Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 440 ; C. & C., Titian, i. 348, 351 ; Landon, Musee, 2d Col., ii. PI. 5. By Leonardo da Vinci, Vati- can, Rome ; wood, H. 3 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 5 in. The Saint, kneel- ing in a grotto, with the lion by his side. Sketch in grisaille ; about 1480-83. Belonged to Cardinal Fesch, who had only the head of the Saint, which had been cut out of the panel ; but he found the rest at a deal- er's in Rome, and joined the parts. Preparatory drawings for this picture in Windsor Col- lection. Richter, Leonardo, 10 ; Clement, 341 ; Burckhardt, G27. -JEROME, ST., COMMUN- ION OF, Agostiuo Carracci, Bologna Gallery ; canvas, H. 10 ft, 9 in. x C ft, 5 in. The dying St. Jerome, kneeling, under a Corinthian portico, receives his last communion in the presence of several priests and other spec- Communion of St. Jerome, Agostmo Carfacci, Bologna Gallery. cifix to his bosom. A lion crouches at his tators. Painted for Church of . . . the Certosim, Bologna ; carried to Paris in 179(5 ; returned in 1815. Agos- feet ; to left, glimpse of a landscape. tino's masterpiece, and one of the best pic- By Titian, Brera, Milan ; wood, arched at hires in Bologna. Engraved by Fr. Paria ; top, H. 7ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 4 in.; signed. St. Jerome, bearded and bald, with the lion on the right. Painted in 15G3 for S. M. G. Trabalesi ; G. Guadagnini. Lanzi, iii. 70 ; Landon, Musi'e, ii. PL 24 ; Pinac. di Bologna, PI. 58. By Dnmenichinn, Vatican, Rome ; signed, II., with lion on the left, in the Escorial. dated 1014. The dying Saint, half nude, Small copy of original, of 17th century, sustained by three men, at the foot of an in Accademia di S. Luca, Rome. Ridolfi, 'altar, in a building adorned with Corinthian Nuova, Venice. Replica, made for Philip 340