MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - WA22.jpg


Category	Fresco
Origin: artist/workshop	attributed to the School of Pietro Perugino
Date	16C/1
Reference No
Size	246x142
Provenance	Florence, Cistercian Abbey of Santa Maria Maddelena dei Pazzi, Chapter House
Present Location	Florence, Cistercian Abbey of Santa Maria Maddelena dei Pazzi, Chapter House
Bibliography	Florence 1990, 154; Dal Pra 1990, 373-4; Scarpellini 1984, 197; Paatz 1940-54, 4:101
	Luchs 1977, 111-2; Schmitt 1992, 652; Gariboldi 1999, 157
Illustration From	Florence 1990, 155
Other illustrations	Luchs 1977, ill 82; Scarpellini 1984, ill 113
	Cocheril 1979, 519
Country	Italy

Description:
Fresco in the Chapter House of the Cistercian abbey of Cestello in Florence from the first decade of the sixteenth century attributed to the School of Perugino. Christ has detached his arms from the cross. They hang down in the direction of the kneeling figure of Bernard whose hands are raised up to meet Christ's. A scull and bones are at the foot of the Cross, and the scene is a rocky landscape with a town with towers and spires in the background. Compares with its source, Perugino's Crucifixion in the same church (see WA28). See also DR18.

Description:

Fresco in the Chapter House of the Cistercian abbey of Cestello in Florence from the first decade of the sixteenth century attributed to the School of Perugino. Christ has detached his arms from the cross. They hang down in the direction of the kneeling figure of Bernard whose hands are raised up to meet Christ's. A scull and bones are at the foot of the Cross, and the scene is a rocky landscape with a town with towers and spires in the background. Compares with its source, Perugino's Crucifixion in the same church (see WA28). See also DR18.