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Source Description
The half-length figure of the saint, her head, with coronet and veil, surrounded by a nimbus. A tiny cross hangs on her forehead. She carries the palm of a martyr and the sword of her execution, and she wears on her left hand the ring of her mystical marriage with Christ. She is dressed in a mantle trimmed with fur and a belted gown, with a purse hanging at her right, and is adorned with a necklace and earrings of pearls. Before her is the broken rim of the toothed wheel of her torture. The black background is powdered with stars. At the base is a tablet inscribed in gilding S. CATHARINA, and the monogram IL, with a fleur-de-lys between the two letters.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
11704
label
St. Catherine of Alexandria
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
11704
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
St. Catherine of Alexandria
description
The half-length figure of the saint, her head, with coronet and veil, surrounded by a nimbus. A tiny cross hangs on her forehead. She carries the palm of a martyr and the sword of her execution, and she wears on her left hand the ring of her mystical marriage with Christ. She is dressed in a mantle trimmed with fur and a belted gown, with a purse hanging at her right, and is adorned with a necklace and earrings of pearls. Before her is the broken rim of the toothed wheel of her torture. The black background is powdered with stars. At the base is a tablet inscribed in gilding S. CATHARINA, and the monogram IL, with a fleur-de-lys between the two letters.
provenance
Montagu Edmond Parker [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Albert Edward Parker, third Earl of Morley, [date of acquisition unknown] by inheritance; Sale, London, July 13, 1897, lot 47; George Robinson Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 17th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Enamels
plaques
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.6
height
7.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 3/16 x W: 2 15/16 in. (10.6 x 7.4 cm)
Source extras
med
painted enamel on copper
creator_ids
17007
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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c10d4ff6cac67fe0