MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - GL59


Category	Glass
Origin: artist/workshop	Cologne workshop
Date	16C/1
Reference No
Size	90x80
Provenance	St Apern Nuns' Abbey
Present Location	Cologne, Cathedral
Bibliography	VP1:3:17-8 (PL185:236-7; LA 211; Paffrath 1984, 44-7
	Eckert 1953, 64; Rode 1974, 165; Aachen 1981, 605
Illustration From	Winkler 2000, 3
Other illustrations	Paffrath 1984, ill 7
	Eckert 1953, pl 7; Aachen 1981, 605
Country	Germany

Description:
1525. The scene of Bernard taking leave of his family which formed a common part of the cycle of saints' Lives. The red central figure of a young Bernard in lay clothes dominates the scene in which he is surrounded by his parents, brothers and sister. The youngest brother, Nivard, is shown as the child sitting on the ground in the lower righthand corner. In the background is a landscape with the city of Dijon and the abbey of Citeaux on the horizon.

Description:

1525. The scene of Bernard taking leave of his family which formed a common part of the cycle of saints' Lives. The red central figure of a young Bernard in lay clothes dominates the scene in which he is surrounded by his parents, brothers and sister. The youngest brother, Nivard, is shown as the child sitting on the ground in the lower righthand corner. In the background is a landscape with the city of Dijon and the abbey of Citeaux on the horizon.