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St Augustine’s altar
Author, school, workshop
unknown
Style
baroque
Date
2nd half of the 17th century
Material and technique
wood painted over marble
Location
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Zagan
Description
Altarpiece of St. Augustine, workshop of Jelenia Góra, funded by Martin Rimpler, parish priest of Nowogrodziec. All paintings are by the Lichtenfels family of painters from Kozuchow. The painting in the centre depicts St Augustine in awe of the mystery of the Holy Trinity. At the top is the Pieta. On the sides, figures of St Martin sharing his clothes with a beggar and St Wenceslas in armour, penitent and friend of the poor.