Saint Bernard of Clairvaux curing a cripple (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.

The work has been given different names. Goya painted it under commission of Sabatini, along with an image of Saint Joseph and other of Lutgardis, as decoration for the mentioned nunnery. 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.

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.

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

See also

• List of works by Francisco Goya
• Saint Bernard and the Virgin, by Alonso Cano.
• The Three Generations, by Francisco Goya.

References

1. Francisco Goya
2. Saturn Devouring His Son
3. The Dog (Goya)
4. Witches' Sabbath (Goya, 1798)
5. Portrait of the Duke of Wellington
6. Goya's Ghosts
7. Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)
8. Atropos (Goya)
9. Black Paintings
10. The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
11. Goya Awards
12. Judith and Holofernes (Goya)
13. The Disasters of War
14. List of works by Francisco Goya
15. La Tauromaquia
16. The Third of May 1808
17. Francisco Goya's tapestry cartoons
18. Man Mocked by Two Women
19. La maja desnuda
20. La Leocadia