MEDIEVAL IMAGES OF SAINT BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX - PA201.jpg

CategoryPainting
Origin
Date 15C/3
Reference No
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Provenance Xanten
Present Location Xanten, Stiftsmuseum
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Country Germany

Description
Painting dated 1460 with a large figure of a nimbed and tonsured Bernard in black cowl with an open book in his right hand and a crozier in his left with a group of smaller figures on each side - Xanten canons on the left and a community of Cistercian monks from Kamp behind their abbot on the right. The painting celebrates the bond of fraternity between the two groups.