Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Jan Crocq

ca. 1475–1525 · Limestone with traces of paint · Medieval Art

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.

Artist

Jan Crocq

Date

ca. 1475–1525

Medium

Limestone with traces of paint

Culture

French

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1907