St Augustine and St Elizabeth, ca. 1510

Title

St Augustine and St Elizabeth

Painter

• Dutch or Lower-Rhenish Master around 1510

Part

St Augustine

St Elizabeth

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on oak wood

Material

• oak wood

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Unbezeichnet

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1952 as a gift from Georg Hartmann

Genre

• altarpiece
• depiction of a saint

Main Motif

• Aurelius Augustinus
• Elisabeth (Landgravine of Thuringia)
• man
• woman
• child

Persons Shown

• Aurelius Augustinus
• Elisabeth (landgravine of Thuringia)

Primary

• 11H(AUGUSTINE) Augustine, bishop of Hippo; possible attributes: arrows piercing his breast, book, child with spoon, flaming heart, heart (pierced with arrows), pen
• 11HH(ELISABETH OF HUNGARY) the wife and widow of the Landgrave of Thuringia, and Franciscan Tertiary, Elisabeth of Hungary; possible attributes: beggar, cripple, fish, loaves, leper, model of church, pitcher, roses in lap, scald-head, three crowns

Secondary

• 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)
• 25G3 trees
• 11Q7121(TOWER) parts of church exterior and annexes: tower