Saints "B"


Barbara, Barnabas (Barnaby), Bartholomew, Basil, Bega, Benedict of Nursia, Benito, Bernhard of Clairvaux, Bernhard of Siena, Birgitta, Blasius, Bonaventura, Bonifacius and Bruno.



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Study for the head of Saint Benedict (480-547)         
painted for the altar of the Morel family of Bruges.   
Inv. 200 53
#26010220

Study for the head of Saint Benedict (480-547) painted for the altar of...

Comb of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Figures of Saints in relief:    
John Baptist, Saint Catherine, Saint Peter, Saint Paul.
Ivory (2nd half 12th)                                  
Parisian work
#300105 7

Comb of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Figures of Saints in relief: John Bapti...

The evangelists of Cappadocia: Saint Gregory Nazianus,
Saint John Chrysostomus, Saint Basil the Great.
#30010837

The evangelists of Cappadocia: Saint Gregory Nazianus, Saint John Chrysostomus,...

Gold and enamel reliquary cross. Byzantine, early 11th. This
reverse of the cross depicts the Virgin Mary standing with her hands before her chest in an attitude of prayer. To her right is a bust of Saint Basil the Great, to her left a bust of Saint Gregory Thaumaturgus. The enamel is "Senkschmelz", "sunken enamel"  and the colours are a rich mixture of translucent blues, greens and browns with opaque white, blacks, blues and reds. From the Great Palace in Constantinopel. M&ME, 1965,6-4.1
#30010866

Gold and enamel reliquary cross. Byzantine, early 11th. This reverse of the cro...

Study of drapery for the figure of Saint Bartholomew.  
Brush and grey tempera,hightened with white;black      
chalk,sanguine (red chalk) and white gouache on brown- 
yellow paper.                                          
38 x 27 cm             INV 1791 recto
#33010341

Study of drapery for the figure of Saint Bartholomew. Brush and grey tempera,h...

Birgitta surrounded by nuns and monks. Illustration to Saint Birgitta of Sweden: Revelationes (Birgitta Suecica, Reuelationes sancte Birgitte). Published by Florian Waldauf (von Waldenstein), printed by Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 21 September 1500.
Woodcut, 232 x 145mm. (title page, fol. A1r.)
#33020512

Birgitta surrounded by nuns and monks. Illustration to Saint Birgitta of Sweden:...

Birgitta gives her works to the Emperor, Kings and Princes. Illustration to Saint Birgitta of Sweden: Revelationes (Birgitta Suecica, Reuelationes sancte Birgitte). Published by Florian Waldauf (von Waldenstein), printed by Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 21 September 1500.
Woodcut.
#33020513

Birgitta gives her works to the Emperor, Kings and Princes. Illustration to Sain...

The Coat of Arms of Maximilian I, as King of the Romans. Illustration to Saint Birgitta of Sweden: Revelationes (Birgitta Suecica, Reuelationes sancte Birgitte). Published by Florian Waldauf (von Waldenstein), printed by Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 21 September 1500.
Woodcut, 231 x 148mm. (fol. A2r.)
#33020514

The Coat of Arms of Maximilian I, as King of the Romans. Illustration to Saint B...

The Coat of Arms of Florian Waldauf (Waldauff) von Waldenstein. Illustration to Saint Birgitta of Sweden: Revelationes (Birgitta Suecica, Reuelationes sancte Birgitte). Published by Florian Waldauf (von Waldenstein), printed by Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 21 September 1500.
Woodcut, 231 x 144mm. (fol. A2v.)
#33020515

The Coat of Arms of Florian Waldauf (Waldauff) von Waldenstein. Illustration to...

Saint Birgitta as intercessor, with a married couple praying. Illustration to Saint Birgitta of Sweden: Revelationes (Birgitta Suecica, Reuelationes sancte Birgitte). Published by Florian Waldauf (von Waldenstein), printed by Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 21 September 1500.
Woodcut made from four blocks.
#33020516

Saint Birgitta as intercessor, with a married couple praying. Illustration to Sa...

Men and women at prayer. Illustration to Saint Birgitta of Sweden: Revelationes (Birgitta Suecica, Reuelationes sancte Birgitte). Published by Florian Waldauf (von Waldenstein), printed by Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 21 September 1500.
Woodcut.
#33020517

Men and women at prayer. Illustration to Saint Birgitta of Sweden: Revelationes...

Knights and Soldiers. Illustration to Saint Birgitta of Sweden: Revelationes (Birgitta Suecica, Reuelationes sancte Birgitte). Published by Florian Waldauf (von Waldenstein), printed by Anton Koberger, Nuremberg, 21 September 1500.
Woodcut.
#33020518

Knights and Soldiers. Illustration to Saint Birgitta of Sweden: Revelationes (Bi...