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Saint Catherine

ca. 1501–3
Not on view
This is a rich early impression of which nothing remains but the figure and most of the ground below. Practically all of the blank background was skillfully added in the nineteenth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Saint Catherine
  • Artist: Jacopo de' Barbari (Italian, active Venice by 1497–died by 1516 Mechelen or Brussels)
  • Date: ca. 1501–3
  • Medium: Engraving, silhouetted with background from additional piece of paper later added
  • Dimensions: plate: 7 11/16 x 4 13/16 in. (19.6 x 12.3 cm)
    sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 9/16 in. (21.3 x 14.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
  • Object Number: 60.576.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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