Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci united painting, science, and design into a single empirical art, noted for sfumato atmospheres, anatomical acuity, and searching unfinished surfaces. His devotional images probe interior psychology as much as outward form. In the Vatican Museums, the unfinished St. Jerome in the Wilderness reveals his analytical underdrawing and tense, sinewed bodies.
Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci
in the Vatican Museums
#7
St. Jerome in the Wilderness
A gaunt Jerome kneels among knife-cut rocks, striking his chest with a stone; Leonardo leaves the panel raw, so thought and underdrawing show through.
Rare devotional panel by Leonardo.
