MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - SC45.jpg


Category	Sculpture
Origin: artist/workshop	Taller de Pedro Sanglada
Date	15C/1
Reference No
Size
Provenance	Cistercian Abbey of Santes Creus
Present Location	Tarragona, Diocesan Museum, Cathedral
Bibliography

Illustration From	photo - JF
Other illustrations	Duran 1953, ill 24 (ill 22 whole altarpiece),

Country	Spain

Description:
From the main altarpiece from Santes Creus with a statue of the Virgin in the centre, Bernard on the right, and St Benedict on the left, by Taller de Padro Sanglada c 1420. Bernard is in a cowl painted white, carries crozier with sudarium in his right hand and a red book in his left. His halo consists of a thin gold ring behind his head. On the left St Benedict is depicted in the same way, but in a black cowl. Bernard is also shown as one of many saints on the predella (see PA028).

Description:

From the main altarpiece from Santes Creus with a statue of the Virgin in the centre, Bernard on the right, and St Benedict on the left, by Taller de Padro Sanglada c 1420. Bernard is in a cowl painted white, carries crozier with sudarium in his right hand and a red book in his left. His halo consists of a thin gold ring behind his head. On the left St Benedict is depicted in the same way, but in a black cowl. Bernard is also shown as one of many saints on the predella (see PA028).