This painting might initially not look like much but, on closer examination, perhaps you will like it as much as I do. The rabbits, the plants, the bird at the top. And good old doughty Jerome, sitting at his book, so fit and alert. By Giovanni Bellini, 1505, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
P.S. At first I thought this work was missing St. Jerome's lion, a most regrettable omission. But look - there he is after all, in the lower right corner.
Wonderful to see this painting today! Such exquisite color, detail and eternal life in this painting. Thank you.
Posted by: am | June 23, 2015 at 02:01 PM
am, It is always so good to read your thoughts and reactions. They send me back to the painting, to look at it through your eyes and make new discoveries.
Posted by: Keara | August 25, 2015 at 11:20 AM