Saint Catherine of Alexandria

A young woman with tousled auburn hair looks upward with parted lips, one hand pressed to her chest and the other resting on a stone ledge. She wears a blue dress under a golden-yellow mantle, while a dark background and a stone pillar frame her. A small wheel with spikes rests at the lower left, and a palm frond is held near her hand.

Look closer: A small spiked wheel rests at the lower left, the attribute of Saint Catherine.

Artist

Bernardo Cavallino

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1567 × 1932 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1943