Catherine of alexandria

This painting was almost certainly commissioned in Rome by Caravaggio’s first patron, Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte...

"Almighty ever-living God, who gave Saint Catherine of Alexandria to your people as a Virgin and an invincible Martyr, grant that through her intercession we may be strengthened in faith and constancy and spend ourselves without reserve for the unity of the Church. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son." Statue of St Catherine in St Patrick's Cathedral, New York.

St Catherine of Alexandria, Guido Reni

According to traditional narratives, Saint Catherine was the daughter of the Governor of Alexandria during the reign of the Roman Emperor Maximian. When she was just a young child, she had a vision in which the Virgin Mary and a young Jesus convinced her of the truth of Christianity and convinced her to convert from her pagan ways. She soon after converted and when the Maxentius persecutions began, she visited the Emperor's camp and publicly rebuked him for the cruelty happening on his…

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Carlo Crivelli, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, probably about 1491-4. Read about this painting, learn the key facts and zoom in to discover more.

Shown at half-length, facing the viewer, Saint Catherine holds a martyr’s palm in her left hand and crosses her right hand over he body to rest on a sword hilt to her left. Her left elbow is supported by part of her wheel of martyrdom.The painting is thinly painted and facile, giving the impression that it is a copy. The broad geometry of the head suggests that the original might have been by Luini, and the artist speculatively accepted as responsible for this copy is Gianpatrino.The…