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Saints Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Agatha, and Margaret

ca. 1470
Not on view
Together with two other female saints, these panels were originally stacked in two groups of three, one above the other, to form the piers flanking the main panels of an altarpiece. By this date Giovanni di Paolo’s work must have begun to seem out of step with the naturalism of Renaissance style. For more information about these four paintings, including the other panels of the altarpiece, visit metmuseum.org.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Saints Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Agatha, and Margaret
  • Artist: Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) (Italian, Siena 1398–1482 Siena)
  • Date: ca. 1470
  • Medium: Tempera on wood, gold ground
  • Dimensions: (a) overall 18 3/4 x 6 in. (47.6 x 15.2 cm), painted surface 18 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (46.4 x 14 cm); (b) overall 18 3/4 x 6 in. (47.6 x 15.2 cm), painted surface 18 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. (46.7 x 14.3 cm); (c) overall 18 3/4 x 6 in. (47.6 x 15.2 cm), painted surface 18 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (46.7 x 13.7 cm); (d) overall 18 3/4 x 6 in. (47.6 x 15.2 cm), painted surface 18 1/4 x 5 5/8 in. (46.4 x 14.3 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
  • Object Number: 32.100.83a–d
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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