Saint Norbert heals a blind woman
- Author, school, workshop
- Norbertine monastic sculptor (?)
- Style
- Late Mannerism
- Date
- 1662–1665
- Material and technique
- Oak wood; shallow relief
- Size
- Height 145 x width 85 cm
- Location
- The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wroclaw, Poland
- Description
- In the centre, St Norbert, turning his head to the left, stands facing forward in habit on a podium covered with a carpets and blesses a woman kneeling before him. She is depicted in profile wearing a long dress and waist-length kaftan with her head wrapped around it. Standing at his sides are two head-facing monks with their hands folded on their chests in a prayer gesture.
In the lower corners of the relief, kneeling by the platform, shown in profile, are a monk (right) and (left) a man in cloak and pludders, and behind him can be seen in bust another lay man wearing a cap. In the background are two arcades supported by columns. In the light of the right arcade a chalice and behind it a cross. At the far side behind the balustered handrails of the staircase are the heads of crowded observers.
Relief based on Th.Galle's engraving no.19 from 'Vita S. Norberti' a book annotated and published by Ch. van der Sterre in Antwerp in 1622.
