Nelson Minar on Nostr: St. John's also has two [Caravaggio paintings]( ). I was really struck by this [St. ...

St. John's also has two [Caravaggio paintings](https://www.stjohnscocathedral.com/the-co-cathedral/caravaggio/ ). I was really struck by this [St. Jerome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Jerome_Writing_(Caravaggio,_Valletta) ). Caravaggio is known as the bad-boy homosexual Baroque painter and has lots of erotic images of young men. Here St. Jerome is quite pious and elderly but also is painted with a sensuality that is the gay male gaze.