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Description: | The subject of this work refers to St. Catherine of Alexandria (c.3rd/4th century) as she holds in her left hand a sword, the attribute of her execution. She is also dressed in rich clothes, rather than the black and white attire of the Domincan order which would suggest a depiction of St. Catherine of Siena. In the Wakefield painting Catherine is seen kneeling in anticipation as the Madonna guides her hand towards the ring being offered by the infant Christ. The presence of St. Sebastian in this scene is somewhat curious. The most obvious link between him and St. Catherine is that fact that they both resisted initial attempts to execute them. Sebastian survived a volley of arrows that riddled his body, and Catherine avoided death on a torture wheel. | Subjects: | St Sebastian); figure religion (St Catherine of Alexandria | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Correggio (Italian painter, ca. 1489-1534) Æ After Previously attributed to Carracci, Lodovico (Italian painter and draftsman, 1555-1619) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8344... | Go to resource |
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