Birth of Saint Augustine, This image shows the birth of St. Augustine. Here, baby Augustine is being presented to his mother, St. Monica. She reaches out and touches her son who is swaddled and held out to her by the midwife. St. Monica sits up in her bed. The scene is set inside a room with curtains, a coffered ceiling and arched doorway., 1441, Photographed in before 1947

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0180; Public Notes: On the back of the photo, the attribution cites scholars Heil, Pudelho, and Longhi. Also noted is Berenson's attribution to Francesco dei Franceschi.; This work is part of a series showing the Life of St. Monica. Originally part of an altarpiece in the Augustinian church of Santo Stefano in Venice, the various scenes are now split up amongst Bergamo, Detroit, La Spezia, and London.; This photograph was originally housed in a folder marked, "Storie di S. Agostino / Sposalizio di S. Monica / Nascita di S. Agostino / Conversione del marito di Monica. / Attribuita da: Heil, Pudelho, Longhi. / 1441 circa. / Berenson: Francesco dei Franceschi?"; Also, this work was bequeathed to London University in 1947 with the collection of Lord Lee of Fareham.