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Object Details
Title:
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Artist/Maker:
Taddeo Crivelli (Italian, died about 1479, active about 1451 - 1479)
Culture:
Italian
Place:
Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (Place Created)
Date:
about 1469
Medium:
Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink on parchment
Object Number:
Ms. Ludwig IX 13 (83.ML.109), fol. 187v
Dimensions:
Leaf: 10.8 × 7.9 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/8 in.)
Object Description
In a small room,
Catherine holds her attribute, the spiked wheel upon which she was tortured. The small statue of the Virgin and Child in a wall niche may refer to a miracle, when a statue of the
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Devotion and Desire: Views of Women in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (July 25 to October 8, 1995)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu), July 25 to October 8, 1995
Masterpieces of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript illumination (December 16, 1997 to March 22, 1998)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), December 16, 1997 to March 22, 1998
Five Hundred Years of Manuscript Illumination (February 11 to June 1, 2003)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), February 11 to June 1, 2003
Miracles and Martyrs: Saints in the Middle Ages (August 29, 2013 to March 2, 2014)
- The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles), August 29, 2013 to March 2, 2014