Spanish school of the 17th century.
"Saint Augustine of Hippo".
Oil on copper with wooden frame.
The painting shows important losses.
Frame of the 19th century with some faults.
Measurements: 23 x 18 cm; 24,5 x 28,5 cm (frame).
The painter offers us the figure of Saint Augustine of Hippo wearing the bishop's mitre and holding a crosier in his left hand. In his right hand he holds the Sacred Heart. His face is flanked by the figures of the Virgin and the Crucifixion. St. Augustine of Hippo (Tagaste, 254, Hippo Reggius, 430) was a doctor of the Catholic Church, known, among other facts and writings, for a legend: it is said that the saint was walking along the seashore, thinking about the Trinity; he came across a beautiful child, playing. When the saint asks the little boy, he replies that he was taking the water out of the sea to put it into the hole, something to which Augustine replies that it is impossible. The child replies that it is more difficult for him to understand the Mystery of the Holy Trinity, revealing himself with this phrase as Jesus.