Carlo Crivelli
Saints Augustine and Jerome
Circa 1490
Tempera on wood, 81.8 x 28.3 in. (208 x 72 cm.)
Galleria dell'Accademia, Venice
On the left is a typical portrait of St. Augustine as a bishop in his ornate
pontificals.
a bishop's most formal vestments, worn for especially solemn celebrations
On the right, St. Jerome's portrait is also faithful to iconographical tradition. A lion at his feet, he wears the red hat and cape of a cardinal and holds a maquette of a church. A seraph hovers above.
Read more about images of St. Augustine and St. Jerome.
Source: this page at Wikimedia Commons.
