Memorial tablet, Master of the Spes Nostra, c. 1500 painting Four regular canons of the chapter of Sion by St. Augustine two to two meditating on either side of an open grave about the transience of earthly existence. There is a half -moving corpse in the grave. On the left the saint Hieronymus, on the right Saint Augustine. Maria and Elisabeth are sitting on a sofa. In the background a walled Kloosterhof in which the Christ child plays on a hobby horse in the company of Engelen. Northern Netherlands panel. oil paint (paint) Visitation (possibly Joseph and/or Zacharias present) (Luke 1:39-56)
Memorial tablet, Master of the Spes Nostra, c. 1500 painting Four regular canons of the chapter of Sion by St. Augustine two to two meditating on either side of an open grave about the transience of earthly existence. There is a half -moving corpse in the grave. On the left the saint Hieronymus, on the right Saint Augustine. Maria and Elisabeth are sitting on a sofa. In the background a walled Kloosterhof in which the Christ child plays on a hobby horse in the company of Engelen. Northern Netherlands panel. oil paint (paint) Visitation (possibly Joseph and/or Zacharias present) (Luke 1:39-56) (+ donor(s), supplicant(s), whether or not with patron saint(s)). Christ-child playing with angels ~ Madonna-representations. fenced or walled garden; 'Hortus Conclusus'. Augustine, bishop of Hippo; possible attributes: arrows piercing his breast, book, child with spoon, flaming heart, heart (pierced with arrows), pen. the monk and hermit Jerome (Hieronymus); possible attributes: book, cardinal's hat, crucifix, hour-glass, lion, skull, stone. opening of grave, exhumation (+ variant)
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