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1 Religion and Magic
11 Christian religion
11H saints
11H(JEROME) the monk and hermit Jerome (Hieronymus); possible attributes: book, cardinal's hat, crucifix, hour-glass, lion, skull, stone
11H(JEROME)3 personal devotion of St. Jerome

11H(JEROME)36 St. Jerome as penitent in the desert, half naked, kneeling before a crucifix and holding a stone in his hand to beat his breast; a skull (and other 'Vanitas' symbols), sometimes a scorpion and a snake beside him



Jan Lievens
Saint Jerome Meditating in a Grotto
c. 1630