MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - WA19.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	Dal Pra 1991, 28; Dal Pra 1990, 355-6
	Kaftal 1985, 153-6; Florence 1990, 43-4
Illustration From	Dal Pra 1991, ill 18
Other illustrations	Kaftal 1985, ill 212
	Florence 1990, ill 18
Country	Italy

Description:
One of nine frescos depicting scenes from the life of Bernard from 1482 at the Chapel of St Bernard, Pamparato. Bernard is shown standing in a wooden pulpit in the middle of a town. He is preaching to a large number of women on the right and men on the left, and a single monk is in the centre beneath the pulpit looking at an open book. According to the inscription (S. BERNARDO CONVERTIVA ABITANTI DELLA CITTA D'AOSTA) he was preaching in Aosta. The story is not found in any of the sources, and it is thought that the artist has confused him with St Bernard of Aosta. Bernard has a 'tuft'. See also WA12-19 & WA20.

Description:

One of nine frescos depicting scenes from the life of Bernard from 1482 at the Chapel of St Bernard, Pamparato. Bernard is shown standing in a wooden pulpit in the middle of a town. He is preaching to a large number of women on the right and men on the left, and a single monk is in the centre beneath the pulpit looking at an open book. According to the inscription (S. BERNARDO CONVERTIVA ABITANTI DELLA CITTA D'AOSTA) he was preaching in Aosta. The story is not found in any of the sources, and it is thought that the artist has confused him with St Bernard of Aosta. Bernard has a 'tuft'. See also WA12-19 & WA20.