MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - WA24.jpg

Category Fresco
Origin: artist/workshop Unknown
Date 14C/2
Reference No
Size
Provenance Viboldone, Abbey of Sts Peter and Paul
Present Location Viboldone, Abbey of Sts Peter and Paul
Bibliography Florence 1990, 29; Matalon 1964, 371-2

Matalon & Mazzini 1958, 73-7; Kaftal 1985, 152; Toesca 1966, 103
Illustration From Florence 1990, ill 5 (detail); Matalon 1964, ill 76
Other illustrations Matalon & Mazzini 1958, ill 29; Toesca 1963, ill 164

Country Italy
Description:
Fresco from 1349 in the Abbey Church of Viboldone of the Virgin and Child enthroned on a marble throne with Gothic pinnacles, with St Michael the Archangel with his hand on the shoulder of the small kneeling donor figure, St John the Baptist, St Nicholas, and, on the right, Bernard with a crozier in his right hand and a book in his left. Below is the inscription: S. BERNARDUS. Bernard has 'tuft'.