Life of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: Saint Bernard exhorts the sick in body to enter his church with their spirits, in doing so returning to find their infirmities healed (one of two)
From a set of twenty-two windows, each with six scenes devoted to the Life of Saint Bernard, made for the glazed cloister at Altenberg, near Cologne.
Saint Bernard with Clergy and Scholars. The abbot invited a multitude of people to enter his church in spirit, but leaving their bodies behind. Faith would miraculously heal their spirits and mend their infirm bodies.
The clergy stand in front of the church; Saint Bernard is in the portal with an inscribed scroll above and to left of his head; behind him stands an attendant with pastoral staff. To the left are two patricians, followed by two monks in brown robes, and four others; at right, three nobles, first in blue, second in red and yellow, with six attendants. The background and the church are in white and beige. The whole scene is set within a foliate arch on columns.
Saint Bernard with Clergy and Scholars. The abbot invited a multitude of people to enter his church in spirit, but leaving their bodies behind. Faith would miraculously heal their spirits and mend their infirm bodies.
The clergy stand in front of the church; Saint Bernard is in the portal with an inscribed scroll above and to left of his head; behind him stands an attendant with pastoral staff. To the left are two patricians, followed by two monks in brown robes, and four others; at right, three nobles, first in blue, second in red and yellow, with six attendants. The background and the church are in white and beige. The whole scene is set within a foliate arch on columns.
Artwork Details
- Title: Life of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: Saint Bernard exhorts the sick in body to enter his church with their spirits, in doing so returning to find their infirmities healed (one of two)
- Designer: Design attributed to Master of Saint Severin (German, active ca. 1485–1515)
- Date: after 1535
- Culture: German, Cologne
- Medium: Stained glass
- Dimensions: Overall (confirmed, irregular width): 28 1/16 x 34 7/16 in. (lower edge) or 33 3/4 in. (upper edge). (71.3 x 87.5 or 85.7 cm);
Other (thickness of brass framing): 3/8 in. (1 cm) - Classification: Glass-Stained
- Credit Line: Gift of Stanley Mortimer, 1959
- Object Number: 59.183.2
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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