Title(s)

St. Augustine and his mother

Object type

• photograph
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-1027-1

Artist

• photographer: anonymous
• after painting by: Ary Scheffer (mentioned on object)

Dating

c. 1860 - in or before 1865

Material

• photographic support

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 103 mm × width 81 mm

What

• the mother of Augustine, Monica of Tagaste (or Ostia); possible attributes: black dress with white veil or wimple, book, crucifix, rosary
• Augustine, bishop of Hippo; possible attributes: arrows piercing his breast, book, child with spoon, flaming heart, heart (pierced with arrows), pen

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• O mother dear, Jerusalem! (RP-F-2001-7-1027)