Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
Leonardo da Vinci · 1480
Why it's great
A thin, haggard Saint Jerome kneels in a rocky place and beats his chest with a stone, while a lion lies at his feet. Leonardo da Vinci painted it in about 1480, but he never finished it, so you can still see the outline underneath.
Where to see it
📍 Pinacoteca VaticanaVatican City, Vatican City
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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, inventor and scientist, born in 1452. He painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, and filled thousands of notebook pages with drawings of flying machines, anatomy, water and plants. He died in France in 1519.
