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Portrait of Bernard of Clairvaux. Portrait of Bernard of Clairvaux. Born 1090 in Fontaine-les-Dijon, France. Died 20 August 1153 in Clairvaux, France. Etching by Charles Paul Landon (1760-1826), after Pierre Lombart (1613-1682), c. 1805. Good condition. Paper slightly soiled, with some very faint staining. Verso: blank. Dimensions: 92 x 56 mm. Bernard of Clairvaux was Saint, Monk, Cistercian, Abbot, Confessor, Leader in the revitalization of Benedictine monasticism, Doctor of the Church, Doctor Mellifluus, and Founder of Clairvaux Abbey. Portrait of Bernard of Clairvaux. Born 1090 in Fontaine-les-Dijon, France. Died 20 August 1153 in Clairvaux, France. Etching by Charles Paul Landon (1760-1826), after Pierre Lombart (1613-1682), c. 1805. Good condition. Paper slightly soiled, with some very faint staining. Verso: blank. Dimensions: 92 x 56 mm. Bernard of Clairvaux was Saint, Monk, Cistercian, Abbot, Confessor, Leader in the revitalization of Benedictine monasticism, Doctor of the Church, Doctor Mellifluus, and Founder of Clairvaux Abbey.