On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P03134
- Author
- Cano, Alonso (Spanish)
- Title
- Saint Bernard and the Virgin
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 267 cm x 185 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- No
- Entrance
- COMPRA
- Procedence
- Acquisition, 1968
This scene from the life of Saint
Bernard (twelfth century), depicts
the moment when the saint received
a stream of milk from a statue of
the Virgin and Child, on the altar.
A Cardinal watches the miracle with
his hands joined in prayer.
This work combines a monumental
sense of forms with a very delicate
treatment of color, which are the
characteristics Cano's painting
acquired after he got to know the
Royal Collections.
This is probably the work listed as
part of the altarpiece of the
Capuchin monks of Toledo that was
thus made by Alonso Cano in one or
the other of his two long stays at
court.
