Predigt des hl. Ambrosius Außenseite (in Resten): 2 stehende hl. Bischöfe,

um 1510/20

Material / Technology / Carrier

Eichenholz

Dimensions of the object

95,5 x 63,6 cm

Displayed

Not on display

Department

Altniederländische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

WAF 743

Acquisition

1827 aus der Sammlung Boisserée

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Barent van Orley, Predigt des hl. Ambrosius Außenseite (in Resten): 2 stehende hl. Bischöfe, um 1510/20, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/01G1PXnLkE (Last updated on 05.12.2023)

The rhetoric teacher Augustine of Hippo (354–430), who was originally from north Africa, listens to the holy bishop Ambrose preaching in Milan. In the background, the scene that took place a little later under a fig tree is shown when he heard a voice saying Tolle, lege (Take up and read). In the Letters of St Paul he discovered texts that were to lead to his conversion (Romans 13:13). Alongside Ambrose, Augustine was venerated as one of the Church Fathers and his works widely read. The panel belongs to a triptych of which no other part is known.