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 left, a cavern, a hermit, and a lion; in distance, a horseman at foot of a mountain. Acquired in 1857 for 995 francs at Maret sale.—Villot, Cat. Louvre.

By Tintoretto, Vienna Museum; canvas, H. 4 ft. 6 in. × 3 ft. 2 in. St. Jerome, reading. The Saint, seated in a cavern, reads a book placed on his knee, and presses a crucifix to his bosom. A lion crouches at his feet; to left, glimpse of a landscape.

By Titian, Brera, Milan; wood, arched at top, H. 7 ft. 4 in. × 4 ft. 4 in.; signed. St. Jerome, bearded and bald, with the lion on the right. Painted in 1563 for S. M. Nuova, Venice. Replica, made for Philip II., with lion on the left, in the Escorial. Small copy of original, of 17th century, in Accademia di S. Luca, Rome.—Ridolfi, Maravigli, i. 267; C. & C., Titian, ii. 333.

By Titian, Louvre; canvas, H. 2 ft. 8 in. × 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 Mantua (1531), has disappeared. Many copies, with changes. Collection of Louis XIV.—Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 440; C. & C., Titian, i. 348, 351; Landon, Musée, 2d Col., ii. Pl. 5.

By Leonardo da Vinci, Vatican, Rome; wood, H. 3 ft. 4 in. × 2 ft. 5 in. The Saint, kneeling 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 dealer's in Rome, and joined the parts. Preparatory drawings for this picture in Windsor Collection.—Richter, Leonardo, 10; Clement, 341; Burckhardt, 627.

JEROME, ST., COMMUNION OF, Agostino Carracci, Bologna Gallery; canvas, H. 10 ft. 9 in. × 6 ft. 5 in. The dying St. Jerome, kneeling, under a Corinthian portico, receives his last communion in the presence of several priests and other spectators. Painted for Church of the Certosini, Bologna; carried to Paris in 1796; returned in 1815. Agostino's masterpiece, and one of the best pictures in Bologna. Engraved by Fr. Paria; G. Trabalesi; G. Guadagnini.—Lanzi, iii. 76; Landon, Musée, ii. Pl. 24; Pinac. di Bologna, Pl. 58.

Communion of St. Jerome, Agostino Carracci, Bologna Gallery.

By Domenichino, Vatican, Rome; signed, dated 1614. The dying Saint, half nude, sustained by three men, at the foot of an altar, in a building adorned with Corinthian