| One of eight scenes from the lives of the saints painted in 1432, five of them depicting Bernard, from the two side wings of an altarpiece from one of the side chapels built at Maulbronn in 1424, four of them on the inside and four on the outside. The top picture on the left outside features Bernard on his sickbed. His pain was so great that he ordered one of his monks to go into the church to pray. The monk visited three altars, the high altar dedicated to Mary, and those of Laurence and Benedict. They all laid their hands on Bernard and the pain went. Mary is shown on the left beside Bernard, and behind him is Laurence in a dalmatic (being a deacon) and holding the customary grill, and Benedict in his black cowl and holding a crozier. The small figure of the monk praying on his knees before an altar may be seen in the background. He is wearing the Cistercian white tunic and black scapular. See also PA57, 58 and 60, 61.
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