Saint Jerome In The Desert — Jacopo Bellini

Saint Jerome in the Desert


Jacopo Bellini (1396 - 1470)

Jacopo Bellini: Venetian Renaissance master! Explore his innovative perspective & stunning sketches. Discover his legacy alongside sons Gentile & Giovanni.

Castelvecchio Museum (Verona, Italy)

Explore Castelvecchio Museum in Verona, Italy! Discover medieval & Renaissance art – Mantegna, Pisanello – within a stunning castle restored by Carlo Scarpa. Weapons, ceramics & more await!

In the Thebaid desert, which surrounds the saint in meditation, there is a singular animalistic exhibition, which competes with those of local and Lombard painters, specialists in the genre. The horizon is still a Gothic curtain of rocks, but the castle on the mountain and the stylite on the column already prepare the humanistic repertoire of backgrounds by Andrea Mantegna, Jacopo