Saint Catherine of Alexandria

A crowned woman kneels in a flowing robe, gazing down at her clasped hands, while a winged cherub above offers a palm frond and a wreath of flowers. A wheel is partly visible at the lower right, and light falls diagonally from the upper left. A Latin inscription below names the saint as a virgin and martyr.

Look closer: A spiked wheel, the saint's attribute, is partly hidden at the lower right near the base.

Artist

Sir Nicolas Dorigny

Date

1698

Medium

Etching

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1909 × 2911 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951