MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - WA17.jpg

Category Fresco
Origin: artist/workshop Piedmontese School
Date 15C/4
Reference No
Size
Provenance Pamparato (Cuneo), Chapel of St Bernard
Present Location Pamparato (Cuneo), Chapel of St Bernard
Bibliography VP2:4:21-2 (PL185:280-1); Dal Pra 1991, 26-7

Kaftal 1985, 153-6; Florence 1990, 43-4
Illustration From Dal Pra 1991, ill 16
Other illustrations Kaftal 1985, ill 214

Florence 1990, ill 17
Country Italy
Description:
One of nine frescos depicting scenes from the life of Bernard from 1482 at the Chapel of St Bernard, Pamparato. Bernard, accompanied by two monks, has an open book in his left hand while his right hand is raised to exorcize a woman before him. A devil emerges from her mouth, and she is held by a man, and two other men witness the scene. As the woman is held by a man, it probably refers to the exorcism in Pavia which refers to a man from Milan who brought his wife who was possessed. The inscription reads: COMO S. BERNARDO FESE FUSIRE DIAVOLI DE EL CORPO DI ONO DONA. Bernard has a 'tuft'. See also WA12-17 & WA19-20.