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Source Description
St. Catherine appears here with the palm, symbol of martyrdom, the spiked wheel on which she was tortured, and a book, which alludes to her role as a patron of education. In the flickering candlelight of the church, the billowing folds of her garment would have given her a lifelike presence.Tino di Camaino, whose works this sculpture resembles, worked on important commissions in many major Italian cities and directed a large workshop of sculptors.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
37848
label
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
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obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
37848
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
description
St. Catherine appears here with the palm, symbol of martyrdom, the spiked wheel on which she was tortured, and a book, which alludes to her role as a patron of education. In the flickering candlelight of the church, the billowing folds of her garment would have given her a lifelike presence.Tino di Camaino, whose works this sculpture resembles, worked on important commissions in many major Italian cities and directed a large workshop of sculptors.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1320-1330 (Gothic)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
reliefs
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
79.3
height
52.3
dimensionsRaw
31 3/16 x 20 5/8 in. (79.25 x 52.32 cm)
Source extras
med
marble
creator_ids
15244
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collection_ids
MED
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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