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Summary
Sano di Pietro: Saint Augustine
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| Artist |
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| Title |
Saint Augustine |
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| Object type |
painting  |
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| Genre |
religious art |
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| 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 candlelight with a radiance that is almost difficult to imagine today. |
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| Depicted people |
Augustine of Hippo |
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| Date | circa 1470 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | tempera on panel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 46.5 in (118.1 cm); width: 16.1 in (40.9 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Accession number |
1961.92 |
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| Place of creation |
Siena |
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| Object history |
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| Credit line |
given by Samuel H. Kress Foundation |
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| References |
http://www.artsbma.org/pieces/saint-augustine/ |
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| Source/Photographer | http://www.artsbma.org/pieces/saint-augustine/1961-3687/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
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The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. | ||||
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 01:53, 22 June 2015 | | 401 × 1,154 (340 KB) | Eugenio Hansen, OFS | cortes |
| 07:40, 24 November 2014 |  | 437 × 1,200 (238 KB) | Missvain | User created page with UploadWizard |
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