Saint Catherine of Alexandria

A pen-and-ink drawing shows a crowned woman in profile, standing and holding a small spiked wheel in one hand. Her long gown falls in loose folds with sleeves gathered at the elbow, and the lines are fine and hatched in shadow.

Look closer: A small pointed wheel or spiked object is held at the figure's left hand near the chest.

Artist

Albrecht Dürer

Date

1490–1528

Medium

Pen and brown ink

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1867 × 3967 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1918