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Late baroque reverse glass painter
South Germany
Counter-Reformation devotional image of Saint Augustine.
Tempera behind glass. Unsigned. In the depiction inscribed «Sanctissimus Pater Augustinus», «Unit», «Purgat.», «Illuminat.» and «Idea Perfectionis». Verso on the back board handwritten annotation of former owner with provenance details.
H 24,5,
Provenance: probably Benedictine Abbey Amtenhausen, Baar; master rope maker Muffler, Stockach; 1942 transferred to private property Merzhausen.
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