(b. ca. 1450, 's-Hertogenbosch, d. 1516, 's-Hertogenbosch)
Hermit Saints Triptych (central panel)
c. 1505
Oil on panel, 86 x 50 cm
Palazzo Ducale, Venice
In the central panel of the triptych St Jerome fastens his gaze on a crucifix, secure against the evil world symbolized by the remains of a pagan temple scattered around him on the ground and by two monstrous animals engaged in a death struggle below.
