SCENES FROM LIFE OF ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, 1490

SCENES FROM LIFE OF ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, 1490, Netherlandish, Northern Renaissance oil painting. Saint Augustine, a 5th century Christian theologian, is depicted in five separate scenes. In the center, Saint Augustine is consecrated Bishop of Hippo, a Roman city in North Africa. On left, he is ordained as a priest; he preaches, while his mother, Monica, prays with the rosary. On right, is the legendary scene with the boy trying to filling a hole in the sand with the sea; at lower right, Saint Augustine preaches (BSLOC_2017_16_110)

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1490s 15th Century Altarpiece Art History Augustine Bruges Cleric Fine Arts Flanders Group Portrait Lcgrfa1710 Lcgrfa2017 Many People Mitres North Africa Northern Renaissance Preaching Roman Catholic Theologian

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