Virgin Mary holds the infant Christ while Saint Catherine with a palm frond looks on beside a leafy tree with roses.

Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria

A seated Virgin in a pale headscarf and green-lined cloak cradles a nude infant on a blue drape, her gaze lowered toward him. At right, a golden-haired saint holds a palm frond and looks down at the child. Dark foliage and red roses frame the group against a stormy sky.

Look closer: A small red rose cluster hangs in the upper left foliage near the tree branches.

Artist: Anthony van Dyck
Date: ca. 1630
Medium: Oil on canvas
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size: 3113 × 3710 px

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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1635).
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, Bequest of Lillian S. Timken, 1959

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