MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - WA36.jpg

Category Fresco
Origin: artist/workshop
Date 15C/3
Reference No
Size
Provenance Cistercian Abbey of Staffarda, Sacristy
Present Location Cistercian Abbey of Staffarda, Sacristy
Bibliography Citeaux 52 (2001), 171

Illustration From photo - Christine Bru-Malgras
Other illustrations Citeaux 52 (2001), 171

Country Italy
Description:
Fresco from the second half of the fifteenth century recently uncovered in the sacristy of the Italian abbey of Staffarda. A nimbed Bernard in a white cowl holds a gold crozier in his right hand and a red book in his left.