Fresco cycle of St Augustine in the Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano (scenes 1-7)
by Benozzo GOZZOLI

The fresco cycles contains the following scenes:

(1) The School of Tagaste, (2) St Augustine at the University of Carthage, (3) St Augustine Leaving his Mother, (4) St Augustine's Journey to Rome, (5) Disembarkation at Ostia, (6) St Augustine Teaching in Rome, (7) St Augustine Departing for Milan, (8) Arrival of St Augustine in Milan, (9) Scenes with St Ambroise, (10) St Augustine Reading the Epistle of St Paul, (11) Baptism of St Augustine, (12) The Parable of the Holy Trinity, (13) Death of St Monica, (14) Blessing of the Faithful at Hippo, (15) Conversion of the Heretic, (16) St Augustine's Vision of St Jerome, (17) Funeral of St Augustine.

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The School of Tagaste (scene 1, north wall)
1464-65
Fresco, 220 x 230 cm
Apsidal chapel, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano


The School of Tagaste (detail)
1464-65
Fresco
Apsidal chapel, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano


St Augustine at the University of Carthage (scene 2, north wall)
1464-65
Fresco, 220 x 230 cm
Apsidal chapel, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano


St Augustine Leaving his Mother (scene 3, east wall)
1464-65
Fresco, 220 x 230 cm
Apsidal chapel, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano


Disembarkation at Ostia (scene 5, east wall)
1464-65
Fresco, 220 x 230 cm
Apsidal chapel, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano


St Augustine Teaching in Rome (scene 6, south wall)
1464-65
Fresco, 220 x 230 cm
Apsidal chapel, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano


St Augustine Teaching in Rome (detail)
1464-65
Fresco
Apsidal chapel, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano


St Augustine Departing for Milan (scene 7, south wall)
1464-65
Fresco, 220 x 230 cm
Apsidal chapel, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano


St Augustine Departing for Milan (detail)
1464-65
Fresco
Apsidal chapel, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano


St Augustine Departing for Milan (detail)
1464-65
Fresco
Apsidal chapel, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano


St Augustine Departing for Milan (detail)
1464-65
Fresco
Apsidal chapel, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano


St Augustine Departing for Milan (detail)
1464-65
Fresco
Apsidal chapel, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano


St Augustine Departing for Milan (detail)
1464-65
Fresco
Apsidal chapel, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano



Summary of paintings by Benozzo Gozzoli
Various paintings
up to 14501460-71after 1471
Narrative fresco cycles
St Francis
(Montefalco)
Procession of the Magi
(Florence)
St Augustine
(S. Gimignano)



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