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Oval painting of a haloed woman gazing upward, holding a green palm frond, wearing a gold bodice, pearl necklace and pink drape against a brown background.

Saint Catherine

An oval painting of a young woman with a halo, gazing upward with parted lips, one hand gripping a green palm frond and the other holding a dark object. She wears a gold-ochre bodice, a pearl necklace with a blue pendant, and a pink-lilac drape over white sleeves against a warm brown ground.

Artist
Francesco Montelatici
Date
1617-1661
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3410 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1661.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Santa Catalina con rama de palma

Pintura ovalada de una joven con aureola, mirando hacia arriba con los labios entreabiertos, una mano sujeta una rama de palma verde y la otra sostiene un objeto oscuro. Viste un corpiño dorado ocre, un collar de perlas con colgante azul y una tela rosa lila sobre mangas blancas, contra un fondo marrón cálido.

Português: Santa Catarina com ramo de palmeira

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