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Saint Ambrose (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.30)

Tempera on wood with gold ground, Giovanni di Paolo, ca. 1465 to 1470, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1975.1.30

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A tempera panel painting titled "Saint Ambrose," by the Sienese painter Giovanni di Paolo, ca. 1465 to 1470. Ambrose is shown vested as a bishop, honored as one of the four original Latin Doctors of the Church whose preaching in Milan shaped the Western liturgy and, by his own account, moved Augustine of Hippo toward baptism. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, under accession 1975.1.30.

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This source names Augustine of Hippo directly: "liturgy and, by his own account, moved Augustine of Hippo toward baptism."

Milan, Cities

This source names Milan directly: "of the Church whose preaching in Milan shaped the Western liturgy and, by his own account, moved Augustine of Hippo toward baptism."

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The Met's own title for this panel names the subject outright, "Saint Ambrose," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.

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