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The Vision of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

(Italian, active 1652–1690)
(Italian, 1609–1665)
about 1650–90
Medium/TechniqueBrush with olive-green, gray, rose, and ocher pigments on white paper
DimensionsSheet: 41.5 x 27.8 cm (16 5/16 x 10 15/16 in. )
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number61.108
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsInscribed in pen and brown ink: "B. (eata) V. (ergine)apud...S. Birg(itta) L (ibro) 3 C. 20". Ascription by Skippe in pencil on the mount.
ProvenanceJohn Skippe; by descent to Martin family (Mrs. Rayner Wood); Edward Holland-Martin; sale London, Christie's, 20 November 1958, lot 72; Mathias Komor, NY; acquired January 1961
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