# The Parable of the Holy Trinity \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GOZZOLI, Benozzo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gozzoli-benozzo-r9fb82d431d2a5c>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

In the centre St Augustine is surrounded by some monks. The bare path leads up to a monastery on the mountain top, possibly a reference to the medieval legends according to which St Augustine built a monastery and entrusted it to monks whom he met in the forest. The scene in the foreground on the right depicts the confirmation of the rule of the hermits on Mount Pisano. It is an attempt to show that Tuscany was the area where the order of Augustinian hermits was founded.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gozzoli-benozzo-r9fb82d431d2a5c/adoration-of-the-magi-rfeae5def424933>)
- [Angels Worshipping \(left side of the chancel, detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gozzoli-benozzo-r9fb82d431d2a5c/angels-worshipping-left-side-of-the-chancel-detail-r0173b1fa611e55>)
- [Angels Worshipping \(left side of the chancel, detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gozzoli-benozzo-r9fb82d431d2a5c/angels-worshipping-left-side-of-the-chancel-detail-rbe707fceedbde4>)
- [Angels Worshipping \(left side of the chancel, detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gozzoli-benozzo-r9fb82d431d2a5c/angels-worshipping-left-side-of-the-chancel-detail-rca19fcabb600f4>)
- [Angels Worshipping \(left side of the chancel\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gozzoli-benozzo-r9fb82d431d2a5c/angels-worshipping-left-side-of-the-chancel-r1fad0360e8140f>)
- [Angels Worshipping \(left side of the chancel\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gozzoli-benozzo-r9fb82d431d2a5c/angels-worshipping-left-side-of-the-chancel-r505a7d780cc0e8>)
- [Angels Worshipping \(right side of the chancel\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gozzoli-benozzo-r9fb82d431d2a5c/angels-worshipping-right-side-of-the-chancel-rbee7c96afe4365>)
- [Arrival of St Augustine in Milan \(scene 8, north wall\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gozzoli-benozzo-r9fb82d431d2a5c/arrival-of-st-augustine-in-milan-scene-8-north-wall-r7fdb8e3ec0930d>)
- [Assumption of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gozzoli-benozzo-r9fb82d431d2a5c/assumption-of-the-virgin-r078107115dcf10>)
- [Baptism of St Augustine \(scene 11, east wall\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gozzoli-benozzo-r9fb82d431d2a5c/baptism-of-st-augustine-scene-11-east-wall-r4716d1fd7307fc>)
- [Birth of Mary](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gozzoli-benozzo-r9fb82d431d2a5c/birth-of-mary-rb79f3e34c2ccc3>)
- [Blessing of the Faithful at Hippo \(scene 14, north wall\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gozzoli-benozzo-r9fb82d431d2a5c/blessing-of-the-faithful-at-hippo-scene-14-north-wall-r1c95cfdff96238>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)