MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - SC28.jpg


Category	Sculpture
Origin: artist/workshop	Lower Rhine workshop, attributed to Tilman van der Burch
Date	15C/4
Reference No
Size	98 high
Provenance	Niederwerth Cistercian Nuns' Abbey
Present Location	Niederwerth Church
Bibliography	Mainz 1998, 204; Kubach, Michel, & Schnitzler 1944, 259
	Paffrath 1990, 203; Kubach Michel, & Schnitzler 1944, 257
Illustration From	Mainz 1998, 205 (Dr Ludwig Reichert Verlag)
Other illustrations	Kubach, Michel, & Schnitzler 1944, ill 286

Country	Germany

Description:
Painted wood sculpture from c 1490 attributed to the Cologne workshop of Tilman van der Burch. Belonged to the nuns who moved to Niederwerth from nearby Koblenz in 1580 and probably brought the statue with them. The cowl is black with the white tunic showing underneath, but the colouring is not original. Bernard has a book with a clasp and decorative metal studs in his left hand, and his right hand is raised. This, however, is modern, and he would originally have held a crozier in this hand. See also GL89 & SC44.

Description:

Painted wood sculpture from c 1490 attributed to the Cologne workshop of Tilman van der Burch. Belonged to the nuns who moved to Niederwerth from nearby Koblenz in 1580 and probably brought the statue with them. The cowl is black with the white tunic showing underneath, but the colouring is not original. Bernard has a book with a clasp and decorative metal studs in his left hand, and his right hand is raised. This, however, is modern, and he would originally have held a crozier in this hand. See also GL89 & SC44.