MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - PA001.jpg


Category	Painting
Origin: artist/workshop	Delft Master
Date	15C/4
Reference No	ABM h59
Size	58x43
Provenance	Deventer
Present Location	Utrecht, Museum Catharijneconvent
Bibliography	Winkler 1924, 224; Friedlaender 1967-76, 10:76
	Dijon 1953, 58; Dewez & Iterson 1956, 179; Aurenhammer 1959-67, 339
Illustration From	photo - Museum
Other illustrations	van der Meer 1965, ill 278; Friedlaender 1967-76, 10:ill 65
	Friedlaender 1967-76, 10:ill 65
Country	Netherlands

Description:
Mary sits on a raised platform under a baldachin supported by three angels. She holds the naked Child on her knee with her left hand and her breast directed at the kneeling Bernard with her right hand. The scene is in a monastic church with the choir stalls and an altar in the background. Two monks are in the stalls while two others are engaged in conversation. All four are in black cowls while Bernard's cowl is white. Mary has shed her slippers which are lying on the ground between her and Bernard. Bernard has 'tuft'. There is another version of this in Metz - see PA002.

Description:

Mary sits on a raised platform under a baldachin supported by three angels. She holds the naked Child on her knee with her left hand and her breast directed at the kneeling Bernard with her right hand. The scene is in a monastic church with the choir stalls and an altar in the background. Two monks are in the stalls while two others are engaged in conversation. All four are in black cowls while Bernard's cowl is white. Mary has shed her slippers which are lying on the ground between her and Bernard. Bernard has 'tuft'. There is another version of this in Metz - see PA002.