Saint Augustine (Q18572647)
Label from: English (en)
movement:
Italian Renaissance painting (Q2914470)
genre:
religious art (Q2864737)
artist:
Sano di Pietro (Q1379714)
collection:
Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
location:
Birmingham Museum of Art (Q865736)
country of origin:
Italy (Q38)
owned by:
Samuel H. Kress Collection (Q2074027)
Birmingham Museum (Q4916757)
main subject:
Augustine of Hippo (Q8018)
location of final assembly:
Siena (Q2751)
depicts:
Augustine of Hippo (Q8018)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
catalog URL: http://www.artsbma.org/pieces/saint-augustine/
information from the Birmingham Museum of Art catalog
description: St. Augustine's cope (mantle) was originally covered entirely in silver, which has flaked away over time. The red that we see today is bole, the clay-like pigment used as a base for silver and gold leaf. It is important to realize that with the silver leaf decoration this painting would have shimmered in the church
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