Virgin and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist and the Young St Jerome by GHERARDO DI GIOVANNI DEL FORA

GHERARDO DI GIOVANNI DEL FORA

(b. ca. 1445, Firenze, d. 1497, Firenze)

	Virgin and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist and the Young St Jerome 1470-1500 Tempera on wood, 64 x 64 cm Christian Museum, Esztergom
Formerly this panel was attributed various members of Domenico Ghirlandaio's circle, since the 1970s it is attributed to Gherardo di Giovanni. Originally the panel was a circular tondo, the present octagonal form is the result of later cutting. In the background St Jerome appears as a penitent in the desert.