JEROME columns and pierced by an arcade opening By Parmigianinn, National Gallery, Lon- on a landscape, attempts to join his trem- don; wood, H. 11 ft. (! in. x4 ft. 11 in. bling hands to receive the Host which St. The Virgin and Child in glory ; below, St. Ephraim of Syria extends to him on a gold- John Baptist pointing upwards, as announe- en patine ; the deacon, in a ilalmatica, holds ing Christ, and St. Jerome sleeping Painted the chalice, and in front, a young clerk | at Home in 1527, by order of Maria Bnfo- kneels with a closed book in his hands ; in background, St. Paul- ina, kneeling, kisses the hand of the Saint, while two other per- sons, one wearing a turban, stand behind ; in foreground, left, the lion, the Saint's faithful compan- ion, lies with his head on his paws ; above, a group of four angels. Painted for 50 Roman crowns for a priest, who present- ed it to the Church of S. Cli- rolamo della Carita. It excited violent criticism, Guido, Lan- frauco, and the Chevalier d'Ar- pino accusing Domeuichino of having copied the picture of Agostino Carracci. Poussin de- clared it one of thethree best pic- tures in Koine, ranking it with Raphael's Transfiguration and Volterra's Descent from the Cross. Taken to Paris (1729) ; returned in 1815. Engraved by F. Perrier ; Cesare Testa ; J. Frey (1729) ; B. Farjat (1702) ; Alex. Tardieu ; Chataigner, and others. Vatioano descritto, i. PL 28 ; Larousse, iv. 755 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole bolonaisc; Landon, (Euvres ; Filhol, vii. PI. 433. JEROME, ST., VISION OF, Gitercinu, Louvre ; copper, H. 1 ft. 4 in. x 1 ft. 7 in. St. Jerome, lyillg 011 a mat 111 a grOttO, Communion of St Jeromo, Dom.mchmo. Vat.c.n Rome. awakes in terror on hearing the sound of lina, for S. Salvatoro del Laura, in Citta di the last trump, which is blown by an angel. Castello. Probably the picture which so Near him are two books and a skull. Be- engrossed the painter that he knew nothing longed to Comte de Brienne in 1CG2 ; bought of the sack of Rome by the troops of the in 1685 for Louis XIV. Engraved by Nico- Constable de Ifcuirhnn till some soldiers let; F. Chauveau ; Pasqualini. Villot, Cat. burst into his room. It was sold after tlie Louvre ; Muw'e frauyais ; Filhol, x. PI. 712. earthquake of 1790 to M. Duruo ; afterward r . A,i . '/,fV /< />.^> /(T v-Jfo
