MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - PA183.jpg

Category Painting
Origin: artist/workshop Francesco Francia (c 1450-1517)
Date 16C/1
Reference No Inv GG 12
Size 255x201
Provenance Modena, Church of the Observant Friars of St Cecilia
Present Location Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Gemaeldegalerie
Bibliography

Illustration From photo - Bildarchiv Foto Marburg 1.041.568
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Country Italy
Description:
Bernard? Painting by Francesco Francia dated 1502/04 for the Observant Friars of Modena. The Virgin and Child are in a mandorla in the sky surrounded by cherubs. Below are six saints: Germinianus of Modena, Bernard in a white cowl, Dorothy, Catherine, Jerome, and Louis of Toulouse.