St Catherine is a legendary figure, the beautiful, educated and incalculably rich king's daughter from Alexandria. According to the legend, she suffered martyrdom under Emperor Maxentius (c. 278-312), after arguing with 50 heathen philosophers and converting them to her Christian beliefs. She condemned to be broken on the wheel, but
St Catherine is a legendary figure, the beautiful, educated and incalculably rich king's daughter from Alexandria. According to the legend, she suffered martyrdom under Emperor Maxentius (c. 278-312), after arguing with 50 heathen philosophers and converting them to her Christian beliefs. She condemned to be broken on the wheel, but an angel of the Lord destroyed the wheel and killed 4,000 of the heathen who had gathered to watch, whereupon the guard and the wife of the emperor became Christians. Finally Maxentius ordered the beheading of Catherine.
- Attributions
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Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Fenyö 1955] |
'Unbekannter Meister' |
- Production dates
- about 1508
about 1508/1509
Production dates
about 1508 | [Heydenreich 2007 A, 65] |
about 1504 | [Fenyö 1955, 68-71] |
about 1505 | [Brinkmann, Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007, 1932] |
about 1506-1509 | [Schade 1974, 37] |
about 1508/1509 | [Messling , Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 118] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 112 x 95 x 1.6 cm (original size of panel)
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 112 x 95 x 1.6 cm (original size of panel)
[Heydenreich, cda 2011]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Owner
- Ráday Library of the Reformed Church, Budapest
- Repository
- Ráday Library of the Reformed Church, Budapest
- Location
- Budapest
- CDA ID
- HU_HCBC
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR011
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/HU_HCBC/