| This carved wooden figure of a kneeling Bernard with the back hollowed out was part of an Amplexus group, perhaps part of an altarpiece. Both hands of Christ with the stigmata are still there fixed to Bernard's shoulders but the rest of the body and the Crucifix are missing. Christ's hands are smaller in scale than Bernard's, indicating that the figure of Christ was smaller than that of Bernard which is not unusual in Amplexus images. The hands and face are flesh-coloured, the rest gilt. A mitre rests at Bernard's feet. Bernard has a 'tuft'.
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