| 1505. The scene of Bernard's visit to Cardinal Matthew of Albano in 1135. While they were discussing a matter of importance a boy with a withered hand rudely interrupted, begging Bernard to cure him. Bernard refused, but Matthew called him back and Bernard relented, making the sign of the cross over him and he was cured. Matthew himself recovered from a violent attack of fever after drinking from a vessel which Bernard had used. The panel depicts Bernard and Matthew with two others at a table laid with bread and some fish. A servant removes a dish passed to him by Matthew who says to him (on the scroll): 'Discum custodi (cum) omni diligentia pii Viri Dei' (Look after the dish belonging to the man of God with all possible care). On the right Matthew lies in a bed, identified by his mitre beside him. His servant has a jug of water in his right hand and with his left hand passes Matthew Bernard's dish which secured his cure. The kneeling noblewoman in the bottom right corner with a rosary in her hand is the donor with her coat of arms at her feet and her name and the date 1505 incribed.
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