Scenes from the Life of Saint Augustine of Hippo, Master of Saint Augustine, ca. 1490
Scenes from the Life of Saint Augustine of Hippo, ca. 1490, Made in Bruges, Flanders, South Netherlands, South Netherlandish, Oil, gold, and silver on wood, Overall: 54 1/4 x 59 in. ( x cm), Paintings-Panels, Master of Saint Augustine (Netherlandish, ca. 1490), This painting was the central panel of a triptych dedicated to Saint Augustine (354–430), a Christian theologian so celebrated that he is sometimes called a Doctor of the Church. The composition is divided into five scenes: in the center, Saint Augustine is consecrated bishop of Hippo Regius, a Roman city in present-day Algeria; in the upper left, Saint Augustine is ordained as a priest; in the lower left, Saint Augustine preaches while his mother, Monica, anachronistically says the rosary, a prayer regimen of the late Middle Ages
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