MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - SC54.jpg

Category Sculpture
Origin: artist/workshop Venetian Master
Date 14C/3
Reference No
Size
Provenance Cistercian Nuns' Abbey of Santa Maria della Celestia
Present Location Venice, Patriarchal Seminary, Museum
Bibliography Florence 1990, 34

Illustration From Florence 1990, ill 8
Other illustrations

Country Italy
Description:
Carving in low relief from the Cistercian Nuns' Abbey of Santa Maria della Celestia dated 1363 of the Virgin and Child flanked by St Benedict on the left and Bernard on the right. Bernard is bearded, has crozier in his right hand and a book in his left. Above is the inscription: S.BERNARDUS.