Saint_Bernard_of_Clairvaux_curing_a_cripple_(Goya)

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Saint Bernard of Clairvaux curing a cripple (Goya)

Painting by Francisco Goya

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux curing a cripple is an oil on canvas painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya, created in 1787, now held at the Royal Monastery of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne of Valladolid. The picture is markedly Academicist and does not follow the prevalent Romanticism of Goya's work. Francisco de Zurbarán and Francesco Sabatini have been mentioned as influences on its creation.[1]

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The work has been given different names.[1] Goya painted it under commission of Sabatini, along with an image of Saint Joseph and other of Lutgardis, as decoration for the mentioned nunnery.[2] The restoration of the convent began in 1777 with the approval of king Charles III of Spain. Goya and Ramón Bayeu were asked a total of 6 paintings as the old decorations did not fit the size of the restored building.[3]

The artwork depicts a miraculous healing by cistercian saint Bernard of Clairvaux at Milan, allegedly performed after blessing bread and water given in charity to the needy.[1]

The painting was displayed twice at the Las Edades del Hombre exhibition.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "San Bernardo". Fundación Goya en Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  2. [2]
    "El tránsito de San José". Fundación Goya en Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  3. [3]
    Martínez Miguel, Eva (29 October 2023). "Las tres obras desconocidas de Goya que se encuentran en Valladolid". La Tribuna de Valladolid (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  4. [4]
    20minutos (2018-04-04). "El San Bernardo de Goya y varias obras del Museo Oriental, entre las 19 piezas de Valladolid para Las Edades 2018". www.20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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