BARTOLOMEO, Fra
(b. 1472, Firenze, d. 1517, Pian' di Mugnone)

Vision of St Bernard with Sts Benedict and John the Evangelist (detail)

1504
Panel
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

The detail shows the kneeleing figure of St Bernard. In the immediate foreground is a trompe l'oeil picture, made more convincing by the open book which leans against it. It is a motif worthy of Fra Bartolomeo's predecessor at the Dominican convent of San Marco, Fra Angelico.