MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - PA071.jpg


Category	Painting
Origin: artist/workshop	Giovanni di Tano Fei (active Florence 1384-1405)
Date	14C/4
Reference No	Inv. 50.229.2
Size	199.1x193
Provenance	Florence, Brunneleschi chapel in Church of San Leo
Present Location	New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of Robert Lehman
Bibliography	Zeri & Gardner 1971, 49-52

Illustration From	photo - Metropolitan Museum of Art
Other illustrations	Zeri & Gardner 1971, 50

Country	Italy

Description:
Triptych of the Coronation of the Virgin and Saints painted in 1394 as indicated on the inscription on the base of the central panel by a Florentine painter. The inscription also states that it was made with what the uncle of Alderottus, Silvester, left for the redemption of his soul. Hence St Sylvester is portrayed on the left panel with Bernard, while St Nicholas and St Julian the Hospitaller are shown on the right panel. The central scene shows Christ crowning the Virgin and below angel musicians. Above is a medallion with a bust of Christ, and above the two side panels medallions with prophets. The names of the saints are inscribed on the frame at the base, that of Bernard as S[an]c[tu]s BERNARDUS ABB[as].

Description:

Triptych of the Coronation of the Virgin and Saints painted in 1394 as indicated on the inscription on the base of the central panel by a Florentine painter. The inscription also states that it was made with what the uncle of Alderottus, Silvester, left for the redemption of his soul. Hence St Sylvester is portrayed on the left panel with Bernard, while St Nicholas and St Julian the Hospitaller are shown on the right panel. The central scene shows Christ crowning the Virgin and below angel musicians. Above is a medallion with a bust of Christ, and above the two side panels medallions with prophets. The names of the saints are inscribed on the frame at the base, that of Bernard as S[an]c[tu]s BERNARDUS ABB[as].