"Relief With Profile Decoration Of Saint Augustine - Spain Circa 1600-1650"
This is a lectern element. Oak - old gilding (wear) - reinforcements on the back.The saint wears the homespun, full beard, tonsure.
In the 16th century the influence of the writings of Saint Augustine had great importance in Spain; on questions of Divine Grace, and in the Italian controversies of Valladolid, on the soul of the Indians of the new world. Clashes between different religious orders and different doctrinal orientations had important cultural and political consequences.
