Sacred Art & Iconography
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975.1.70B)
Tempera and gold on wood, Workshop of Fra Filippo Lippi, Italian (Florence), ca. 1447 to 1469, Metropolitan Museum of Art 1975.1.70B
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A small tempera and gold panel titled "Saint Bernard of Clairvaux," from the Workshop of Fra Filippo Lippi, Italian (Florence), ca. 1447 to 1469. Bernard, the twelfth century French abbot who founded Clairvaux and led the Cistercian reform, is shown in the order's white robes alongside imagery of the devil, consistent with his traditional iconography as a preacher against temptation. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Robert Lehman Collection under accession 1975.1.70B.
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This source names Florence directly: "of Fra Filippo Lippi, Italian (Florence), ca."
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The Met's own title for this panel names the subject outright, showing him in Cistercian white robes with the devil, consistent with traditional iconography of Bernard of Clairvaux.
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