Saint Catherine of Alexandria
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Description:
A panel of an altarpiece dedicated to several advocacies. Saint Catherine, crowned, as a Holy Virgin should be, holds in one hand the palm of martyrdom and, in the other, a sword, with witch she's threatening the emperor, lying on the floor. At the Saint's side, there's the spiked wheel, instrument used in one of the martyrs that she was submitted to.
Painting
Tercer quart del segle XV
171.7 x 84 x 10.5 cm
Given by Doña Pilar Rabal Rabal in memory of her husband Pedro Fontana Almeda. Barcelona, 1976
Inventory number:
114746-000
Century: 15th
Subject: Religion
Tempera and gold leaf on wood
One of the principal compartments from an altarpiece with various dedications. The MNAC also keeps a panel with Saint Barbara from the same work. Provenance unknown.
