The Meditation on the Passion, ca. 1490, Oil and tempera on wood, Overall 27 3/4 x 34 1/8in. (70. 5 x 86. 7cm) ; painted surface 26 3/16 ? 33 1/4 in. (66. 5 ? 84. 5 cm), Paintings, Vittore Carpaccio (Italian, Venice 1460/66? ?1525/26 Venice), This extraordinary work by Carpaccio is a landmark in the history of devotional images. It is, in effect, a meditation on the theme of Death and Resurrection. To the right, the Old Testament figure Job sits on a block inscribed in pseudo-Hebrew, while on the left, portrayed as a hermit, is Saint Jerome (ca