Four Fathers of the Church: Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (354-430 AD)
British (English) School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1575 - 1599
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
900 x 740 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 1430444
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Four Fathers of the Church: Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (354-430 AD) (after Maarten de Vos), British (English) School, late 16th century. Upper left inscribed: St Augustine lived / ANO 396. [the year he became Bishop]. One of three remaining panels (Saint Ambose missing) in the series of fathers of the church, after prints by Pieter Cool (ac. Antwerp 1590) after Maarten de Vos. A half-length portrait of an elderly man, bearded, wears red cloak and mitre. In an interior; a skull and books on shelf; in right backgrouond an arched window with lattice grill. Saint Augusutine is teaching a young boy. The saint points to a book open on the table before him.
Provenance
Purchased by National Trust in 1992
Credit line
Chastleton House, The Whitmore-Jones Collection (acquired by the National Heritage Memorial Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1991)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, artist after Maerten de Vos (Antwerp 1532 – Antwerp 1603), artist after Pieter Cool (fl.1575 - 1599), printmaker Joan Baptista Vrints (Antwerp 1575 - Antwerp 1611/12), engraver and publisher