Nonetheless, the lion from whose foot this subject removed a thorn appears indoors.
A version of this artistic subject by Cosimo Tura depicts him wrapped in a green cloak, holding a stone aloft. Behind him an owl and, as is more typical, a woodpecker are perched in a dead tree. In another painting of this subject, he holds a book and wears blue, though as in Tura's version, different garments are strewn on the ground around him. Those both allude to the other frequent setting for this subject. The same artist, Albrecht Durer, has an engraving of that setting: an enclosed study with this subject at work at a desk, his cardinal's hat pinned on the wall. Nonetheless, the lion from whose foot this subject removed a thorn appears indoors. For 10 points, El Greco has a spare portrait of this white-bearded subject in a red robe, whose indoor depiction references his work translating the Bible.
A version of this artistic subject by Cosimo Tura depicts him wrapped in a green cloak, holding a stone aloft.
St. Jerome