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Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson

British, 1875 - 1946

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This painting depicts an old man sitting on rocky ground, holding a red book in his thin arms and facing the right. He has pale skin, a long white beard, and a balding head, and he is wearing a light blue hooded cloak that envelops his body. A thin golden halo surrounds his head, and his bare feet are visible on the rocky ground. On the left are tall, rocky gray mountains with a large dark cave. A lion-like animal is partially visible at the mouth of the cave, looking out towards us. On the left is an open landscape with a light blue river winding into the distance with sand-colored banks and tall white and blue mountains in the distance under a white and blue, partially cloudy sky.
Alvise Vivarini, Saint Jerome Reading, c. 1476, tempera on panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1939.1.311

Saint Jerome Reading

Alvise Vivarini · c. 1476 · tempera on panel ·  Accession ID  1939.1.311