MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - WA27.jpg


Category	Fresco
Origin: artist/workshop	Fra Angelico (1387-1455)
Date	15C/2
Reference No
Size
Provenance	Florence, Dominican Convent of St Mark, Chapter House
Present Location	Florence, Dominican Convent of St Mark, Chapter House
Bibliography	Paffrath 1990, 44
	Florence 1990, 74; Iconografia di San Benedetto 1982, 270-2
Illustration From	Paffrath 1990, 44
Other illustrations	Florence 1990, ill 41; Iconografia di San Benedetto 1982, ill 163
	Leclercq 1966, 133 (detail)
Country	Italy

Description:
Crucifixion scene painted by Fra Angelico in 1441-2 for the Chapter House of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, Florence. On the left of the Cross are Christ's family and friends, on the right later saints, among them Bernard. His white tunic and grey scapular may be seen under his white cowl. From the left kneeling are Sts Dominic, Jerome, Francis, Bernard, John Gualbert, and Peter Martyr, and standing Ambrose, Augustine, Benedict, Romuald, and Thomas Aquinas.

Description:

Crucifixion scene painted by Fra Angelico in 1441-2 for the Chapter House of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, Florence. On the left of the Cross are Christ's family and friends, on the right later saints, among them Bernard. His white tunic and grey scapular may be seen under his white cowl. From the left kneeling are Sts Dominic, Jerome, Francis, Bernard, John Gualbert, and Peter Martyr, and standing Ambrose, Augustine, Benedict, Romuald, and Thomas Aquinas.