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
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1 print
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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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