''Saint Augustine in His Study'', is a painting by the Italian
Renaissance master
Sandro Botticelli, finished around 1490–1494. It is housed in the
Uffizi, in
Florence.
This work was probably executed for an
Augustinian hermit
The Order of Saint Augustine, ( la, Ordo Fratrum Sancti Augustini) abbreviated OSA, is a religious mendicant order of the Catholic Church. It was founded in 1244 by bringing together several eremitical groups in the Tuscany region who were fo ...
of
Santo Spirito, as shown by the fact the saint wears both episcopal and hermit garments.
As many of Botticelli's late works, it is inspired by the preaching of
Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola, OP (, , ; 21 September 1452 – 23 May 1498) or Jerome Savonarola was an Italian Dominican friar from Ferrara and preacher active in Renaissance Florence. He was known for his prophecies of civic glory, the destruction of ...
.
See also
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''Saint Augustine in His Study'' (Botticelli, Ognissanti)
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List of works by Sandro Botticelli
External links
Page at artonline.it
1490s paintings
Paintings by Sandro Botticelli in the Uffizi
Paintings of Augustine of Hippo
Books in art
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