''Saint Augustine in His Study'' is a
tempera on panel painting by the Italian
Renaissance
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master
Sandro Botticelli, finished around 1490–1494. It is housed in the
Uffizi
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, in
Florence
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.
This work was probably executed for an
Augustinian hermit 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.
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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