MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - PA042.jpg


Category	Painting
Origin: artist/workshop	Joerg Breu (c 1475/80-1536)
Date	16C/1
Reference No
Size	74x74
Provenance	Zwettl Cistercian Abbey, abbot's chapel
Present Location	Zwettl Abbey Church
Bibliography	VP2:4:21-2 (PL185:280-1); LA217; Buberl 1940, 113; Kubes & Roessl 1979, 7-14; Tomaschek 1989, 40-3
	Zwettl 1981, 743-5; Paffrath 1984, 421; Dijon 1953, 57; Aurenhammer 1959-67, 338
Illustration From	Paffrath 1984, 375
Other illustrations	Buberl 1940, ill 83.1; Tomaschek 1989, 42
	Zwettl 1981, 744; Jaritz 2000, ill 10
Country	Austria

Description:
The inner side of the wings painted by Joerg Breu in 1500 (seen when the wings are open) on the left, upper panel, depicts Bernard healing a woman possessed by the devil who is being restrained by two men. Behind is a rocky landscape with a castle and a lake. A tiny white dog is in the foreground (see also SC10, PA038-041, and PA043-5).