Bolognese School 16th century - Saint Augustine of Hippo as a Bishop - image-1

Lot 1409 Dα

Bolognese School 16th century - Saint Augustine of Hippo as a Bishop

Auction 1057 - overview Cologne
14.11.2015, 11:00 - Old Master and 19th Century Paintings and Drawings
Estimate: 15.000 € - 18.000 €

Bolognese School 16th century

Saint Augustine of Hippo as a Bishop

Oil on panel. 174 x 61 cm.

The fact that here the bishop saint and church father Augustine of Hippo is depicted alone, as well as the size of the panel both point to an origin in a larger context. The work probably once formed part of an altarpiece and was possibly the wing of a hinged polyptych. The banderole with the text "HINC PASCOR AB VBERE/HINC PASCOR EX VLNERE" is based on one of Saint Augustine's aphorisms and translates loosely to "here I was nourished from the breast, here I was revived by the wound".