Saints Catherine, Margaret and Barbara. The wheel and sword identify Catherine of Alexandria, who was tortured on spiked wheels before being beheaded. Margaret, reading a prayer book, was tortured with fire. Barbara's identity may have been less clear. She holds the chalice and wafer used for Catholic Holy Communion
Saints Catherine, Margaret and Barbara. The wheel and sword identify Catherine of Alexandria, who was tortured on spiked wheels before being beheaded. Margaret, reading a prayer book, was tortured with fire. Barbara's identity may have been less clear. She holds the chalice and wafer used for Catholic Holy Communion instead of her more common attribute, the tower in which she was imprisoned. To help the viewer, part of her name is embroidered on the neckline of her dress (the meaning of the initials on Catherine's dress remains mysterious).
[Toledo Art Museum, revised 2014]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Toledo Art Museum, revised 2014] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 392] |
- Production date
- about 1515 - 1520
Production date
| about 1515 - 1520 | [Toledo Art Museum, revised 2014] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 392] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 123.2 x 55.8 cm (48 1/2 x 22 in.)
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 123.2 x 55.8 cm (48 1/2 x 22 in.)
[Toledo Art Museum, revised 2014]
- Inscriptions and Labels
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on the neckline of St Barbara's dress: part of her name is embroidered
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on St Catherine's dress:
initials
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Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- on the neckline of St Barbara's dress:
part of her name is embroidered
- on St Catherine's dress:
initials
- Owner
- Toledo Art Museum, Toledo, Ohio
- Repository
- Toledo Art Museum, Toledo, Ohio
- Location
- Toledo
- CDA ID
- US_TMA_1961-32
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR117
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/US_TMA_1961-32/
