MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - PA188.jpg


Category	Painting
Origin: artist/workshop	Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1502)
Date	15C/4
Reference No	Inv 437
Size	203x198.5
Provenance	Siena, Monte Oliveto fuori Porta Tufi
Present Location	Siena, Pinacoteca Nazionale
Bibliography	Toledano 1987, 93
	Bellosi 1993, 314-6
Illustration From	photo - Soprintendenza PSAD Siena & Grosseto
Other illustrations	Tolledano 1987, 92
	Bellosi 1993, 315
Country	Italy

Description:
Painting by Francesco di Giorgio Martini from c 1475 of the nativity with Mary and Joseph and the Baby at their feet watched by two angels on the right and the kneeling figures of Bernard and thomas Aquinas on the left. the painters name 'Francisc. Giorgii pinsit' is on the left and the names of the two saints are inscribed as 'S.B[er]nardus Abbas' and 'S.Thomas d'Aq[ui]no'. Below are the names 'S.Bernardinus' and 'S.Ambrosius'. The small dove next to St Thomas and the book with the monogram of St Bernardino were added in the nineteenth century. Bernard is nimbed and wearing a grey cowl.

Description:

Painting by Francesco di Giorgio Martini from c 1475 of the nativity with Mary and Joseph and the Baby at their feet watched by two angels on the right and the kneeling figures of Bernard and thomas Aquinas on the left. the painters name 'Francisc. Giorgii pinsit' is on the left and the names of the two saints are inscribed as 'S.B[er]nardus Abbas' and 'S.Thomas d'Aq[ui]no'. Below are the names 'S.Bernardinus' and 'S.Ambrosius'. The small dove next to St Thomas and the book with the monogram of St Bernardino were added in the nineteenth century. Bernard is nimbed and wearing a grey cowl.