MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - SC22.jpg
Category
Sculpture
Origin: artist/workshop
Date
16C/1
Reference No
Size
105 high
Provenance
Cistercian Abbey of La Bussiere
Present Location
Abbey Church of La Bussiere
Bibliography
David 1932, 101-3
Dijon 1953, 70; Aurenhammer 1959-67, 334
Illustration From
Davis 1932, ill 40
Other illustrations
Country
France
Description:
Bernard holds a model of the church of Clairvaux, here shown with a small clock tower and spire, in his right hand and a crozier, of which the top and the bottom have been broken off, in his left hand. The head has been restored.