Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Raphael1502
Galleria Nazionale delle Marche
Urbino, Italy
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painting by Raphael (now in Urbino)
Medium
tempera
Dimensions
39 × 15 cm
1502
Urbino, Italy
0
liked it
Description
painting by Raphael (now in Urbino)
Medium
tempera
Dimensions
39 × 15 cm
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In the painting, Catherine of Alexandria is looking upward in ecstasy and leaning on a wheel, an allusion to the breaking wheel (or Catherine wheel) of her martyrdom. 1507–1509, towards the end of Raphael's sojourn in Florence, and shows the young artist in a transitional phase.
