This panel is one of the four surviving altars of the Church of San Barnaba. St. Augustine is depicted walking on a deserted shore, meditating on the mystery of the Holy Trinity and how to explain her flock. Seeing the boy digging a hole, he asks what she is for.
The child responds that he wants to scoop up the ocean; Augustine with a smile says that this is impossible. It is no more impossible than solving the issue that you are occupied with, the boy answers and disappears. In the time of Botticelli, artists often translated such stories into a visual form, thus acting as popularizers of social ideas.
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