Apparition of the Virgin to St. Bernard – Lippi Size:Lg: 2500 x 2633 px @ 300ppi | 4.7MB In the foreground

In the foreground

Augustine of Hippo & St

The apostles cling to the Savior as He stands to calm the swirling waves and winds

and Francisco

standing in a field with trees and flowers

Apparition of the Virgin to St. Bernard – Lippi Size:Lg: 2500 x 2633 px @ 300ppi | 4.7MB In the foregroundThis colorful and detailed artwork, by Filippino Lippi, shows the Blessed Virgin Mary, with angels, appearing to the holy Cistercian abbot and mystic, St. Bernard of Clairvaux. St. Bernard looks up from his writing desk outside his monastery, as if startled by the sudden apparition of the Blessed Mother. The mystic writer is surrounded by books. A scroll hung from the rocks indicates St. Bernard's asceticism with a quote from the Roman stoic