Sujet

The Martyrdom Of Saint Catherine Of Alexandria, c1490. Creator: Luca Signorelli.

Légende

The Martyrdom Of Saint Catherine Of Alexandria, c1490. Three episodes from the legend of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. On the left, a pagan emperor sits enthroned alongside his wisest philosophers, whom Catherine would skillfully convert to her Christian beliefs. On the right, angels destroy a wheel devised by the enraged emperor to torture Catherine, and in the center, she has been beheaded. This panel originally formed part of a row of small images—a predella—beneath the main sections of an altarpiece commissioned for a chapel in the church of Sant’Agostino in Siena.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM24A23_418

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Droits gérés

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33,3Mo (2,4Mo) / 53,1cm x 15,7cm / 6275 x 1855 (300dpi)

Mots clés

city portrait standing Italy Italian female women woman people group religious arts painting country religion panoramic emperor art museum Pagan church color royal death Christian Christianity saint Santa military Renaissance wheel location century image philosophy soldier royalty princess altar concept TORTURE santo corpse art museum beheaded Alexandria decapitated altarpiece oil Painting Colour Museum of Art persecution decapitation martyr 15th century Ancient city Alexandrian beheading fifteenth century martyrdom philosopher tempera St Catherine Saint Catherine portrait oil 1400s Saint Catherine Saint Catherine of the Wheel Saint Catherine of Alexandria Luca Signorelli Signorelli Luca torture device letterbox format 1490 Clark Art Institute Sant'Agostino Heritage Art Katharine of Alexandria oil tempera and gold on panel