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Angels Bearing the Body of Saint Catherine to Mount Sinai

After a composition by Heinrich Karl Anton Mücke German
mid-19th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 556
This cameo reproduces a canvas (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin), famous in its day, by the German Nazarene painter Heinrich Karl Anton Mücke (1806–1891). It is one of Luigi Saulini’s largest and most splendid pieces. By reducing the painting’s colors to white on vivid redorange, he gave the airborne group extra emphasis. The stone would be heavy to wear mounted as jewelry and was probably made to be admired on its own in a case or frame or on a stand.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Angels Bearing the Body of Saint Catherine to Mount Sinai
  • Artist: Luigi Saulini (Italian, 1819–1883)
  • Artist: After a composition by Heinrich Karl Anton Mücke (German, Breslau 1806–1891 Düsseldorf)
  • Date: mid-19th century
  • Culture: Italian, Rome
  • Medium: Sardonyx
  • Dimensions: Overall: 2 1/8 x 2 15/16 x 1/2 in. (5.4 x 7.4 x 1.3 cm); 54.4 x 73.5 x 12.8 mm
  • Classification: Lapidary Work-Gems
  • Credit Line: The Milton Weil Collection, 1940
  • Object Number: 40.20.56
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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