3493259 The Meditation on the Passion, c.1490 (oil and tempera on wood) by Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460/5-1523/6); 66.5x84.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Meditation on the theme of Death and Resurrection. The Old Testament figure Job sits on a block inscribed in pseudo-Hebrew opposite Saint Jerome (c.347??20). Christ??? dead body sits on a broken throne, also inscribed in pseudo-Hebrew. A bird?ymbol of the soul?lies upwards. The landscape, barren on the left and pastoral on the right, alludes to the contrasting themes of life and death, as do the animals that inhabit it. ).