\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \ri15195 \f1 This picture, a masterpiece of fifteenth-century Italian painting, shows the strong influence that Flemish art had on Antone
llo da Messina. The rigorous perspective and logical distribution of light and shade are combined with an abbreviated portrayal of the setting and the objects, thus turning St. JeromeÆs place of meditation into a Renaissance study.