Saint Catherine of Alexandria

German

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 305

Because of her faith, Saint Catherine, a fourth-century virgin martyr, was tortured on a wheel and beheaded by a sword. The book she holds alludes to the knowledge that enabled her to refute the arguments of fifty pagan philosophers of Alexandria, one of whom is represented below her feet.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Walnut, German

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