The crucifixion with St Jerome

Attributed to Andrea Ferrucci (Andrea di Piero (di Marco Ferrucci; Andrea da Fiesole, Fiesole 14651526 Florence) The Crucifixion with St Jerome Marble, carved in high relief St Jerome (c 3402420 is usually portrayed as a hermit adoring a Crucifix in the Syrian desert, or. because of his production of a Latin text of the Bible, as a scholar in his study. The iconography of this relief is unusual in showing him as a witness to Christ's suffering on the Cross. A lion became his companion after he had removed a thorn from its paw, much later in his life, while he was a monk at Bethlehem. Purchased with the token fund MB-2006