Spanish school; early 17th century.

Spanish school; early seventeenth century.
"Saint Augustine".
Carved wood, polychrome and gilded.
It presents faults and damages caused by xylophages.
Measurements: 33 x 16 x 14 cm.
Wood carving with square base of later period that gives way to the sculpture of great volume and roundness of the forms. The clothing and the tabernacle that holds on the hand indicate that it is about St. Augustine.
Saint Augustine of Hippo (Tagaste, 254, Hippo Reggius, 430) was a doctor of the Catholic Church, known, among other things, for his writings, and for a legend: it is said that the saint was walking along the seashore, thinking about the Trinity; he met a beautiful child, playing. When the saint asks the little boy, he answers that he was taking the water out of the sea to put it into the hole, something to which Augustine answers that it is impossible. The child replies that it is more difficult for him to understand the Mystery of the Holy Trinity, revealing himself with this phrase as Jesus.