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From left to right we see Saint Bernard, his book inscribed ‘S.BER’; a nun, probably Saint Scholastica, with her name scratched above her head; Saint Benedict, holding his symbol of a bunch of rods, and a book inscribed ‘B’; and Saint John the Baptist, wearing a purple mantle over a hair shirt.
San Giovanni was a Camaldolese nunnery, and the saints chosen were ones important for the nuns there. Benedict wrote the Benedictine Rule, which the nuns followed, while Scholastica, Benedict’s sister, was the first abbess of the Benedictine Order. Bernard founded the Cistercian Order, which followed a stricter version of monastic life, and John was a hermit – Camaldolites lived partly as hermits.
Title
Saints Bernard, Scholastica, Benedict and John the Baptist: Main Tier Left Panel
Date
about 1420-4?
Medium
Egg tempera on wood
Measurements
H 147 x W 66 cm
Accession number
NG580.2
Acquisition method
Bought, 1857
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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