St. Jerome in the Desert (Bellini, Birmingham)
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| Artist | Giovanni Bellini |
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| Year | c. 1450 |
| Dimensions | 44 cm × 39 cm (17 in × 15 in) |
| Location | Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham |
St. Jerome in the Desert is a c. 1450 egg tempera painting on wood by the Italian Renaissance artist Giovanni Bellini, now in the Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham, England.[1]
Universally recognised as Bellini's earliest surviving work, painted when he was around 16,[2][3] it depicts Saint Jerome shown semi-naked seated on a rock in front of his cave in the Syrian Desert with a book in his left hand, referring to his life as a hermit and as the producer of the Vulgate Bible, and his faithful lion in front of him. The saint appears in the gesture of giving him a blessing, while the lion still has the famous thorn on his paw, which according to the legend was removed by Jerome.[4][5]
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