Fig. 2. The Valley Farm. Constable. National Gallery, London

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THE MADONNA AND CHILD WITH
ST. JEROME

Antonio Allegri Da Correggio (1494?-1534)

orreggio loved to paint darling babies, lovely angels, beautiful women and splendid men. In this picture of "the Madonna and St. Jerome," I want you specially to see St. Jerome and his lion. St. Jerome, a very noted man who lived four centuries after Christ, was the first person to translate the New Testament into Latin. It was called "The Vulgate," because of its common use in the Latin Church.