St. Catherine of Alexandria
A bust-length engraved portrait of a young woman with a halo, veiled and cloaked, holding an open book at her side. Fine parallel lines model her face, drapery and hands against a shaded ground, and a lower-margin inscription names Raphael as the painter of the source.
Look closer: A printed inscription, 'RAPH. URB PINXIT', credits Raphael as painter of the source.
- Artist
- Wenceslaus Hollar
- Date
- ca. 1644–50
- Medium
- Etching and engraving; first state of two
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 2680 × 3600 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1655).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Barbara E. Fox, from the Collection of Howard A. Fox, MD, and Barbara E. Fox, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2020