Name: Antique Drawing-SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO-BAPTISM-Anonymous-c.1920
SKU: PCO_0476
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Antique Drawing-SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO-BAPTISM-Anonymous-c.1920

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‘S. AUGUSTINO’

– Saint Augustine observing his baptism. Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD)was a Roman African, early Christian theologian and Neoplatonic philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of the Western Church and Western philosophy, and indirectly all of Western Christianity. (source wikipedia)

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Description

Medium: Pen and ink drawing on wove paper.

Sheet size: 17.5 x 21.9 cm (6.89 x 8.62 inch). Image size: 9 x 7 cm. (3.54 x 2.76 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO-BAPTISM | PCO-C6-52

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Drawn after an image from ‘Sermonus adHeremitas et at alios.’ published by Voncentii Benalius, Venice, 1492. This drawing was part of a collection of similar religious drawings of unknown probably Dutch origin. Possibly made in a monastery, by monks or nuns. Based on watermark it can be dated to c. 1920.