MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - PA046.jpg


Category	Painting
Origin: artist/workshop	Nicolo Corso (c 1446-1513), school of Ludovico Brea
Date	16C/1
Reference No
Size
Provenance	Taggia, Dominican Church of St Dominic
Present Location	Taggia, Church of St Dominic
Bibliography	Pittura a Genova 1970, 120
	Pittura a Genova 1998, 97 & 145
Illustration From
Other illustrations	Pittura a Genova 1970, ill 88; Pittura a Genova 1998, 101

Country	Italy

Description:
Sts Erasmus and Vincent are depicted in the centre of a polyptych painted by Nicolo Corso 1501and dedicated to them. Six smaller figures of saints are depicted, three on each side. They include, on the left, St Dominic, and on the right a bearded Bernard, nimbed and in a white cowl with the hood over his head, a book in his right hand, a crozier under his left arm, and with his right hand he holds a chain at the end of which is a small devil at his feet.

Description:

Sts Erasmus and Vincent are depicted in the centre of a polyptych painted by Nicolo Corso 1501and dedicated to them. Six smaller figures of saints are depicted, three on each side. They include, on the left, St Dominic, and on the right a bearded Bernard, nimbed and in a white cowl with the hood over his head, a book in his right hand, a crozier under his left arm, and with his right hand he holds a chain at the end of which is a small devil at his feet.