MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - PA035.jpg

Category Painting
Origin: artist/workshop Northwest German
Date 15C/4
Reference No Inv 4001:4
Size
Provenance Sanga Church, Angermanland, Sweden
Present Location Stockholm, Antikvariska-topografiska arkivet (National Heritage Board)
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Illustration From photo - Antikvarisk-Topografiska Arkivet, Stockholm
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Country Germany
Description:
Painting from Northwest Germany dated last third of the fifteenth century from the doors of a cupboard in the church of Sanga, Angermanland, Sweden. On the lef ta nimbed Bernard in a dark cowl with white tunic showing underneath and wearing a cap. He has an open book in his right hand and a crozier in his left. The other door has St Benedict in a black cowl and cap with a crozier in his right hand and a closed book in his left. The two are identified by the inscriptions: 'sanctus bernardus' and 'sanctus benedictus'.