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Saint Augustine

Artist: Unidentified Novohispanic Artist
Title: Saint Augustine
Date: 17th century
Medium: Feather mosaic and paper on copper.
Location: Museo Antico Tesoro, Santuario della Santa Casa, Loreto, Italia.
Photo Source: Santuario della Santa Casa (with permission of the Pontifical Delegation for the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto. All rights reserved to the Pontifical Delegation for the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto on the art works under its competence).
Note: There is a close engraving of this subject by Jacques Granthomme (b. 1560?). Like the feather mosaic, though, the Pieter Cool engraving has the cape buttons on the left side and shows the lower lip of the saint. The Granthomme engraving does not.
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