Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Saint Catherine stands over the crouching figure of Emperor Maxentius who ordered fifty pagan philosophers to refute her Christian faith. First tortured on a spiked wheel that was miraculously destroyed by a thunderbolt, Catherine was finally martyred by decapitation.
The sculpture is stylistically related to South Netherlandish artist Jan Crocq, who was active in Lorraine at Bar-le-Duc and at Nancy.
The sculpture is stylistically related to South Netherlandish artist Jan Crocq, who was active in Lorraine at Bar-le-Duc and at Nancy.
Artwork Details
- Title: Saint Catherine of Alexandria
- Artist: Workshop of Jan Crocq (South Netherlandish, before 1465–after 1510)
- Date: ca. 1475–1525
- Geography: Made in Lorraine, France
- Culture: French
- Medium: Limestone with traces of paint
- Dimensions: 61 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 14 1/4 in. (156.2 × 57.2 × 36.2 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture-Stone
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907
- Object Number: 07.197
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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