Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Bernardo Cavallino
Date unknown · Oil on canvas · European Paintings
Saint Catherine, a fourth-century Christian martyr, is shown with the spiked wheel used to torture her. The sword and books are also traditional attributes of the saint. An artist of exceptional refinement and elegance, Bernardo Cavallino specialized in small-scale paintings and half-length compositions that owe much to the naturalistic style of Ribera and to the example of Venetian painting filtered through Rubens.
- Artist
- Bernardo Cavallino
- Date
- Date unknown
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Department
- European Paintings
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1943
