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The Dream of Saint Jerome  1476

by Matteo di Giovanni

With the Art Institute’s [i][url=https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16183]Saint Augustine’s Vision[/url][/i] and a Crucifixion scene, this panel formed the base, or predella, of an altarpiece commissioned from Matteo di Giovanni by the Placidi family in 1476. Its center, which depicts the Virgin and Child appearing to Saints Jerome and John the Baptist, remains in the church o...
Size: 
14 3/4 × 25 7/8 in. (37.4 × 65.7 cm); painted surface: 14 1/8 ×
Medium: 
Tempera on panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago