MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - SC32.jpg


Category	Sculpture
Origin: artist/workshop	attributed to Michel Erhart
Date	16C/1
Reference No
Size	Christ 95 high, Bernard 111 high
Provenance	Cistercian Nuns' Abbey of Oberschoenenfeld, nuns' choir
Present Location	Cistercian Nuns' Abbey of Oberschoenenfeld
Bibliography	Augsburg 1965, 191;Posset 2003,340
	Mayer 2002, 16 & 19
Illustration From	postcard
Other illustrations	Augsburg 1965, ill 261;Posset 2003,341
	Mayer 2002, ill 41
Country	Germany

Description:
Two separate figures attributed to Michel Erhart and carved in limewood and painted in c 1500/10, Christ with His arms detached from the Cross attached to the wall and below Bernard kneeling and with his hands outstretched to the slumping body of Christ. Below Christ's feet are the arms of Clairvaux. As is quite common in Amplexus scenes the figure of Bernard is larger than that of Chirst. Bernard has a 'tuft'. From the Cistercian nuns' abbey of Oberschoenenfeld.

Description:

Two separate figures attributed to Michel Erhart and carved in limewood and painted in c 1500/10, Christ with His arms detached from the Cross attached to the wall and below Bernard kneeling and with his hands outstretched to the slumping body of Christ. Below Christ's feet are the arms of Clairvaux. As is quite common in Amplexus scenes the figure of Bernard is larger than that of Chirst. Bernard has a 'tuft'. From the Cistercian nuns' abbey of Oberschoenenfeld.