18th-century Cuzco school The Lactation of Bernard de Clerva - Lot 302

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18th-century Cuzco school The Lactation of Bernard de Clerva - Lot 302
18th-century Cuzco school The Lactation of Bernard de Clervaux in the Presence of an Archangel on Clouds Oil on canvas with gold highlights and brocateado decoration (unframed) 162 x 110 cm In the 12th century, Bernard de Clervaux reformed the Cistercian order. A statue of the Virgin before whom he was praying sent a few drops of milk to his lips. This theme is not unique to Saint Bernard, but was quite widespread in the 12th century. Flemish Baroque painters took up this iconography in the form of a celestial Virgin surrounded by one or more angels. This painting is certainly a reworking of a Flemish engraving sent to South America.
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