This image displays the central panel, entitled “Scenes from the life of St. Augustine”, from the fragmentary St. Augustine altarpiece. It was painted by the Master of St. Augustine, who was active in the southern Netherlands around 1490. The scene culminates in Augustine’s coronation as Bishop of Hippo. The right wing, located in Dublin, shows St Augustine’s Vision of St Jerome and the Death-bed of St Augustine, and a cut-down fragment depicting SS Augustine and Paul is in Aachen. While not much is known about the Master of St. Augustine, whose name derives from this altarpiece, his expert rendition of surfaces is typical of fifteenth-century Netherlandish art. His attention to minute details, seen in the ecclesiastical robes, and his precise, portrait-like treatment of heads are reminiscent of the style of Jan van Eyck and others. However, his figures and figure-groups appear somewhat more wooden than those painted by some contemporary artists. ; 51.18 x 60.24 in.