MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - SC18.jpg


Category	Sculpture
Origin: artist/workshop
Date	15C/4
Reference No
Size
Provenance	Hauterive Cistercian Church
Present Location	Hauterive Cistercian Church, choir stalls
Bibliography	Paffrath 1990, 118

Illustration From	photo - Gereon Christoph Maria Becking
Other illustrations	Paffrath 1990, ill 68; Barbey 1951, ill 11
	Bernard de Clairvaux 1951, facing 38
Country	Switzerland

Description:
The 32 late Gothic choir stalls at Hauterive carved in low relief were made in 1476 during the abbacy of Philibert (1472-86). Among the saints are carvings of Benedict (illustrated in Barbey 1951, ill 10) with his hood over his head and carrying crozier and book. Bernard has the crozier in his right hand, a book under his left arm, and with his left hand he raises the front of his cowl to reveal the tunic and scapular underneath.

Description:

The 32 late Gothic choir stalls at Hauterive carved in low relief were made in 1476 during the abbacy of Philibert (1472-86). Among the saints are carvings of Benedict (illustrated in Barbey 1951, ill 10) with his hood over his head and carrying crozier and book. Bernard has the crozier in his right hand, a book under his left arm, and with his left hand he raises the front of his cowl to reveal the tunic and scapular underneath.