MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - PA025.jpg


Category	Painting
Origin: artist/workshop	South Netherlandish Master
Date	15C/4
Reference No	WRM 415
Size	58x30.5
Provenance
Present Location	Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum
Bibliography	Paffrath 1990, 65; Aachen 1981, 545-6
	Wallraf-Richartz 1969, 127; Wallraf-Richartz 1986, 82; Stange 1951-61, 6:47; Steffen 1921, 99
Illustration From	Paffrath 1990, 65
Other illustrations	Wallraf-Richartz 1969, ill 159
	Wallraf-Richartz 1986, ill 239; Aachen 1981, 545; Eberbach 2003, 24
Country	Netherlands

Description:
A Lactation picture in oil on oak from c 1480, set in a walled garden with a gold background. The standing Virgin with long golden hair and with her crown held over her head by a flying angel holds the naked Child with her left hand while baring her breast with her right hand.The Child's hands are also on the Virgin's breast from which a small jet of milk is directed at Bernard. Bernard, slightly smaller in scale, kneels at her feet, a scroll with 'Monstra te esse matrem' rising above him. Between them are some beautifully painted irises.

Description:

A Lactation picture in oil on oak from c 1480, set in a walled garden with a gold background. The standing Virgin with long golden hair and with her crown held over her head by a flying angel holds the naked Child with her left hand while baring her breast with her right hand.The Child's hands are also on the Virgin's breast from which a small jet of milk is directed at Bernard. Bernard, slightly smaller in scale, kneels at her feet, a scroll with 'Monstra te esse matrem' rising above him. Between them are some beautifully painted irises.