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Queen Catherine of Alexandria was martyred in the fourth century for opposing the persecution of Christians. She is identified here by her crown and fragment of the spiked wheel on which she was tortured. Saint Catherine originally formed part of an altarpiece comissioned by the Scuola di San Rocco in Mestre near Venice. She was flanked by full-length figures of Saint Sebastian and Saint Roch, commonly invoked to protect against the plague. The surface is worn in several areas and it seems that the entire altarpiece suffered a particularly harsh restoration before being removed from the frame. The altarpiece was exhibited for sale in London in 1799, when it was described as the ‘chef d’oeuvre of Cima da Conegliano’. It was then split up, and by 1846 Saint Catherine had entered the collection of the 2nd Baron Northwick, at whose sale it was purchased by the 4th Marquess of Hertford.

The Wallace Collection

London

Title

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Date

c.1502

Medium

oil on poplar panel

Measurements

H 152.2 x W 77.8 cm

Accession number

P1-1a

Acquisition method

acquired by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, 1859; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

The Wallace Collection

Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, Greater London W1U 3BN England

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Artist or maker

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano

c.1459–1517

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