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Birth of Saint Augustine

Maker

Antonio Vivarini (Artists)
c.1415-m.1476/84 (Life dates)

Title

Birth of Saint Augustine

Date of Production

1440 - 1450

Medium

tempera on panel

Dimensions

Height: 32.7 cm (panel)
Width: 25.3 cm (panel)

Accession Number

P.1947.LF.480

Mode of Acquisition

Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Label Text

The tightly swaddled baby Augustine is being handed to his mother Saint Monica, in the setting of a richly furnished chamber with a coffered ceiling. Monica sits upright in a bed surrounded by chests, resembling those described in contemporary sources.

This panel has been linked to a series of pictures with scenes from the lives of Monica and Augustine, one of the Doctors of the Church. Vivarini is known to have painted an altarpiece dedicated to Monica for the Venetian church of San Stefano.

Provenance

Lee Bequest 1947

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