Saint Ambrose vesting Saint Augustine, ca. 1510

Title

Saint Ambrose vesting Saint Augustine

Painter

• Umbrian Master ca. 1500

Altar

Scenes from the Life of Saint Augustine

Part Number / Total

2 / 3

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Wood

Material

• poplar wood

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet auf der Vorderkante des Podestes in Bildmitte: S. AGVSTINVS. .S. ANBROGIVS.

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 2009, property of Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• altarpiece
• depiction of a saint
• historical narration
• literary representation

Main Motif

• Aurelius Augustinus
• Ambrose
• monk
• man
• woman
• group of people

Persons Shown

• Aurelius Augustinus
• Ambrose

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Raphael
• Pintoricchio
• Pietro Perugino

Illustrated Passage

• Die Legenda aurea des Jacobus de Voragine, übersetzt von Richard Benz, Heidelberg 1984, S. 636

Primary

• 11P31535 entering a convent
• 11H(AUGUSTINE) Augustine, bishop of Hippo; possible attributes: arrows piercing his breast, book, child with spoon, flaming heart, heart (pierced with arrows), pen
• 11H(AMBROSE) Ambrose, bishop of Milan; possible attributes: beehive, cradle with baby, three-knotted scourge
• 31D14 adult man

Secondary

• 11P3154 habit, frock
• 48C1621 arcade ~ architecture
• 25H114 low hill country