Saint Bernardino of Siena

1470/1480

Italian 15th Century

Associated Names
Italian 15th Century

Artist

The image shows a standing figure of a man with a halo around his head. His right arm is raised, holding a circular emblem with rays and the letters "IHS" in the center. He has a beard and a bald head fringed with hair, wearing a long robe-like garment with a rope belt. In his left hand, he holds an open book. Around him, there are two kneeling figures on each side, both in dresses with clasped hands. The background features church-like buildings with crosses on their rooftops and a landscape with stylized plants. There are also ornate decorations of bishops’ mitres along a horizontal line, alongside indistinct script above and around the primary figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.744

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 1279, State m

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1941

  • The First Century of Printmaking 1400-1500, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1941, no. 39.

1956

  • Selected Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, City Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, 1956.

1962

  • The Saints in Prints & Illuminations from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, The Art Gallery of the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 1962-1963, no. 50.

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 207, repro.

1973

  • Prints of the Italian Renaissance, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1973, no. 41.

1985

  • Figure Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986, no cat.

Bibliography

1926

  • Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig. Handbuch de Holz- und Metailschnitte des XV Jahrhunderts. 8 vols. Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hierseman, 1926-1930.

1965

  • Field, Richard S. Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1965.

Wikidata ID

Q64953307

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