MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - PA196.jpg

Category Painting
Origin Netherlands
Date 15C/1
Reference No
Size 36 x 28
Provenance
Present Location Ratingen, private collection
Bibliography

Illustration From Bildarchiv Foto Marburg
Other Illustrations

Country Belgium
Description
Small triptych used for private devotion. Central panel has Christ on the Cross with a small kneeling Cistercian nun at the foot of the Cross and flanked by the Virgin and St John. The lefthand panel has St Gregory the Great and St Mary Magdalene, and the righthand St Francis in a white habit and St Bernard in black.