# St Augustine Leaving his Mother \(scene 3, east wall\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GOZZOLI, Benozzo]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Fresco, 220 x 230 cm ## Commentary The fresco on the east wall behind the altar was severely damaged and was restored in the 18th century. It depicts St Augustine leaving his Mother. The figure of St Monica, absorbed in prayer, on the left side of the picture is an almost exact quotation of the motif of St Augustine in the previous fresco. St Augustine's mother appears twice in the fresco: on the left she is kneeling in a church interior which is furnished with a Gothic tracery window and a Gothic polyptych; on the right she is sadly supporting her head and blessing her son with her raised hand. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Angels Worshipping \(left side of the chancel, detail\)]() - [Angels Worshipping \(left side of the chancel, detail\)]() - [Angels Worshipping \(left side of the chancel, detail\)]() - [Angels Worshipping \(left side of the chancel\)]() - [Angels Worshipping \(left side of the chancel\)]() - [Angels Worshipping \(right side of the chancel\)]() - [Arrival of St Augustine in Milan \(scene 8, north wall\)]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Baptism of St Augustine \(scene 11, east wall\)]() - [Birth of Mary]() - [Blessing of the Faithful at Hippo \(scene 14, north wall\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()