This St Catherine of Alexandria is above all a beautiful, rather sentimental young woman - hardly the image of a saintly heroine. So were it not for a section of the wheel on which she was meant to be put to death and the palm frond borne by Christian martyrs there would be nothing to show that she died for her faith.
Specifications
| Title | Saint Catherine of Alexandria |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 58 cm Height 68 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Painter:
Bernardo Cavallino
|
| Accession number | 2899 (OK) |
| Credits | From the estate of Vitale Bloch, 1976 |
| Department | Old Masters |
| Acquisition date | 1976 |
| Creation date | in 1645 - 1655 |
| Collector | Collector / Vitale Bloch |
| Internal exhibitions |
The Collection Enriched (2011) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Italy > Southern Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Bernardo Cavallino
Napels 1616 - Napels 1656
Bernardo Cavallino was a painter from Naples. He was one of the most reputable painters in his city in the 1640s and 1650s. Of the eighty works attributed to...
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