The Meditation on the Passion, ca. 1490, Oil and tempera on wood, Overall 27 3/4 x 34 1/8in. (70.5 x 86.7cm); painted surface 26 3/16 × 33 1/4 in. (66.5 × 84.5 cm), Paintings, Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, Venice 1460/66?–1525/26 Venice), This extraordinary work by Carpaccio is a landmark in the history of devotional images. It is, in effect, a meditation on the theme of Death and Resurrection. To the right, the Old Testament figure Job sits on a block inscribed in pseudo-Hebrew, while on the left, portrayed as a hermit, is Saint Jerome (ca
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Meditation, Passion, ca, 1490, Oil, tempera, wood, Overall 27 3/4 x 34 1/8in, 70.5 86.7cm, painted surface 26 3/16, 33 1/4, 66.5, 84.5 cm, Paintings, Vittore Carpaccio, Italian, Venice, 1460/66?–1525/26 Venice, extraordinary, work, Carpaccio, landmark, history, devotional images, effect, meditation, theme, Death, Resurrection, right, Old Testament, figure, Job, sits, block inscribed, pseudo-Hebrew, left, portrayed, hermit, Saint Jerome
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