A picture in the National Gallery which I chanced upon this evening on page 93 of Volume I of Taschen's 'What Great Paintings Say', a handsomely produced art book from Cologne, mentioned at reference 1. With page 93 being sufficiently interesting for me to want and go and see this picture for myself, this despite my never having previously heard of the painter.
In the meantime I share the information that St. Jerome had a rather torrid life, but was tolerated and eventually canonised on account of his great learning. And later on, when he came to be painted, he was often put in the cloth of the cardinalate as a mark of respect, even though he never made it to the college. Note also the lion, hiding middle right.
Only fair to say that the other book mentioned at reference 1, about Euclid, has not been read. Perhaps looked at a couple of times. And that the restaurant mentioned there, Les Deux Salons, has been closed for some time now and stands empty. But at least Terroirs, more or less opposite, is still alive and well and was visited last week. Report in due course.
Reference 1: https://psmv2.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-touch-of-geometry.html.
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