St Augustine

religious

Together with a matching panel of St Theodore, this was originally part of a polyptych in the church of the Carmine in Pavia. The refined way in which he painted the saint's canonical dress brings to mind Provençal and Flemish painting.

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About the Artist

Vincenzo Foppa

1427 – 1515

Italian painter, the leading figure in Lombard painting until the arrival of Leonardo da Vinci in Milan in 1481/2. He was born and died in Brescia, but was active mainly in Milan. According to Vasari he obtained his training in Padua, and his robust style owed much to Mantegna, not least in his interest in perspective. His major works include frescos in S. Eustorgio, Milan, and Sta Maria del Carmine, Brescia.

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