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SIGNORELLI, Luca: St Augustine Altarpiece (left wing)

🖼 St Augustine Altarpiece (left wing), 1498
Poplar
146 × 76 cm
Berlin, Germany

Gilded backgrounds frame Saint Augustine in rich robes, his figure rendered with sculptural solidity and precise linear perspective. Signorelli's meticulous technique and theological iconography established a model for High Renaissance altarpieces across Italy.

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E. H. Gombrich
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