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The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine

Giovanni Battista Moroni (c.1520–1525–1578)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine
The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine

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An early Christian martyr of royal birth, St Catherine is shown receiving a wedding ring from Christ, symbolising her spiritual closeness to God. A pupil of Moretto, Moroni worked mainly in Bergamo. This devotional painting, an early work of c.1550, is close in style to the mature paintings of Moretto. The Torre del Comune, which later appears in two of his portraits, is shown on the left.

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Title

The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine

Date

c. 1550

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 82.6 x W 67.5 cm

Accession number

WA1935.160

Acquisition method

Purchased, 1935

Work type

Painting

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Giovanni Battista Moroni

c.1520–1525–1578

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