Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: he kneels before the Virgin and Christ Child. Etching by A. Jameson after B.E. Murillo.

  • Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban, 1617-1682.
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3668i
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The subject is the "Lactatio Bernardi", the squirting of the Virgin's breast-milk on to the saint: here, though, the Virgin squeezes her breast but the milk is not shown, either in this etching or in the painting on which it is based

Physical description

1 print

Lettering

The vision of St Bernard (after Murillo). Anna Jameson f.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3668i

Reproduction note

After a painting in the Prado, Madrid (inventory no. 978), with some variations

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