The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

A pen and brown wash drawing on blue paper shows the Virgin seated with the infant Christ on her lap, reaching toward a kneeling, veiled woman who bends forward. Angels hover at the upper left and right beside a draped curtain and a tall column, with a musical instrument at the right. White highlights model the drapery and figures against the blue ground.

Look closer: A small angel with a musical instrument appears at the upper right, partly hidden by the curtain.

Artist

Avanzino Nucci

Date

1551–1629

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white, over traces of black chalk, on blue paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2702 × 3580 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1971