Saint Dorothy of Caesarea
Saint Dorothy of Caesarea
Saint Dorothy of Caesarea
Saint Dorothy of Caesarea
Saint Dorothy of Caesarea
Saint Dorothy of Caesarea
Saint Dorothy of Caesarea

Image credit: The Henry Barber Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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According to legend, Saint Dorothy of Caesarea was martyred for her Christian beliefs in 304 AD. A man taunted her when she was about to be executed and mockingly requested roses and apples from heaven. When a child – an angel in disguise – then gave him a basket of roses and apples after her death, he instantly converted to Christianity. Mauch trained in Ulm, in Southern Germany, where he produced an early masterpiece, the Bieselbach altarpiece (1510), to which this fine work has been compared.

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Birmingham

Title

Saint Dorothy of Caesarea

Date

c.1510

Medium

wood, polychromed & gilded

Measurements

H 56 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

43.8

Acquisition method

purchased from Edith Mendlessohn Bartholdy, 1943

Work type

Statue

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