MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - EN12.jpg

Category Engraving
Origin: artist/workshop Israhel van Meckenem
Date 15C/4
Reference No No 323
Size 12.0x7.4
Provenance
Present Location Vienna, Oesterreichische Nationalbibliothek
Bibliography Hollstein 1986, 24:129

Bartsch 1803-21, 6:289
Illustration From Hollstein 1986, 24:131
Other illustrations

Country Belgium
Description:
The work of Israhel van Meckenem (c1440-1503), engraver and goldsmith active at Bocholt on the Lower Rhine. A nimbed Bernard is depicted standing with a crozier in his right hand and a book in his left. The inscription at the top reads: 'Sanctus Bernardus'.