Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, black chalk drawing

Black chalk drawing with white highlights shows the Virgin seated with the Christ Child in an arched interior, attended by a kneeling female saint and winged angels. Putti hover near a pillar at upper right, and a curtain drapes the upper left, all rendered in soft tonal hatching on tan paper.

Artist

Veronese (Paolo Caliari)

Date

n.d.

Medium

Black chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 2367 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection