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St. Bernard de Clairvaux Carrying the Instruments of the Passion
St. Bernard de Clairvaux Carrying the Instruments of the Passion
Object number1963.6

St. Bernard de Clairvaux Carrying the Instruments of the Passion

DateNd
Artist (Spanish, 1600-1680)
CultureSpanish
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 28 1/4 x 22 1/2 in. (71.76 x 57.15 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Matthew Vassar Fund
On View
Not on view
Period17th c
Classification(s)
SignedNot signed
MarkingsNo further evidence. (Examined 6/12/06, Wax relining).
BibliographyBlasco, Luis Tramoyeres, “El Pintor Jeronimo Jacinto Espinosa,” Archivo de Arte Valenciano, No. 1 (1915), pp. 127-141 and No. 1 (1916), pp. 3-15; Carbonell, C. Gonzalez, Boletin del Deminario de arte y arquelogia, Universidad de Valladolid, XI (1931), pp. 130-38; Kubler, George and Martin Soria, Art and Architecture in Spain and Portugal (London: Pelican Series, 1959), pp. 223, 295, 390fn., repr. no. 40; Art Journal, XXII (Spring 1963), pp. 172, 74; Pantheon, XXVI, no. 3 (May-June 1963), p. 186; The Art Quarterly, XXVI, no. 2 (Summer 1963), pp. 254, 265; Faison, S. Lane, Jr., Art Tours and Detours in New York State (New York: Random House, 1964), p. 231, repr. no. 354; Vassar College Art Gallery: Selections from the Permanent Collection (Poughkeepsie: Vassar College Art Gallery, 1967), p. 14, repr. p. 118; Vassar College Art Gallery: Paintings 1300-1900 (Poughkeepsie: VC Art Gallery, 1983), p. 180, repr.; Pelikan, Jaroslav Jan, The Illustrated Jesus through the Centuries (New Haven: Yale UP, 1997), p. 135, repr.ProvenanceEnglish Private Collection; Griggs, London [dealer in second-hand frames, d. 1958]; Kleinberger, 1955 (as Ribalta); purchased January 1963 from Kleinberger and Co.
Exhibition HistoryMontreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, “Images of the Saints,” March 5-April 4, 1965. Cat. no. 79, repr.;
Extended loan: Northampton, Smith College Museum of Art, June 20, 1991-May 6, 1993.
New York, NY, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, “Highlights from the Vassar College Collection,” July 13-September 11, 1993.
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email loebcollections@vassar.edu
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