MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - EN22.jpg


Category	Woodcut
Origin: artist/workshop	German School
Date	15C/4
Reference No	Inv. 1992.1038
Size	20.3x13.5
Provenance	Upper Rhine
Present Location	New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection
Bibliography

Illustration From	photo - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Other illustrations

Country	Germany

Description:
Single print. A late fifteenth-century hand-coloured woodcut from the Upper Rhine has a standing Bernard, nimbed and bearded. He carries a crozier leaning on his left shoulder. With his left hand he holds a leash which is placed round the neck of a horned standing demon of the same size as Bernard. Bernard's right hand is raised in blessing, and at the top the hand of God is also shown blessing. The sheaf of corn and the vine leaves and grapes in the background allude to the inscription at the top which reads: 'O sant bernhart behuet win und korn' (O, Saint Bernard, protect wine and corn).

Description:

Single print. A late fifteenth-century hand-coloured woodcut from the Upper Rhine has a standing Bernard, nimbed and
bearded. He carries a crozier leaning on his left shoulder. With his left hand he holds a leash which is placed round the
neck of a horned standing demon of the same size as Bernard. Bernard's right hand is raised in blessing, and at the top
the hand of God is also shown blessing. The sheaf of corn and the vine leaves and grapes in the background allude to
the inscription at the top which reads: 'O sant bernhart behuet win und korn' (O, Saint Bernard, protect wine and corn).