Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Title

Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

[The Walters Art Museum online catalogue, accessed 01.12.2022]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[The Walters Art Gallery, online catalogue, accessed 01.12.2022]

The panel shows the Virgin sitting at the centre of the composition, wearing a red dress and a bluish grey robe. She supports the child on her lap with her right hand and holds a bunch of grapes in her left hand. St Catherine kneels on the left, facing to

The panel shows the Virgin sitting at the centre of the composition, wearing a red dress and a bluish grey robe. She supports the child on her lap with her right hand and holds a bunch of grapes in her left hand. St Catherine kneels on the left, facing to the right and the infant puts a ring on her finger. Behind her St Margaret stands accompanied by a dog. St Barbara kneels beside the Virgin on the right, and St Dorothy stands behind with a basket of flowers. A black curtain hangs from St Barbara's tower at the top left corner and is held up by a row of small angels. On the right, beyond the solitary tree, a mountainous landscape is visible in the background, and a section of St Catherine's wheel can be seen in the bottom left corner.

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Attribution
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[The Walters Art Gallery, online catalogue, accessed 01.12.2022]

Production dates
after 1550
about 1500 - 1599

Production dates

after 1550

[cda 2022]

about 1500 - 1599

16th century [The Walters Art Gallery, online catalogue, accessed 01.12.2022]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 61.4 × 41.3 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

none

Inscriptions and Labels

none on the reverse of the cradle: - central member: sideways in red paint '988'; below this a paper …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • none

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • on the reverse of the cradle: - central member: sideways in red paint '988'; below this a paper label, printed in black: '521', handwritten in pencil: 'K-Rey'; smaller paper label beneath this with blue border, printed in black: '521'

Owner
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (Maryland)
Repository
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (Maryland)
Location
Baltimore
CDA ID
US_WAM_37-998
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/US_WAM_37-998/

Provenance

Research History / Discussion

This is a copy after a work by Lucas Cranach the Elder in Budapest [HU_SMB_133] dated c. 1516 and there is a workshop version in a private collection, c. 1516 – 1520 [PRIVATE_NONE-P111].

[cda 2022]

  • Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, after 1550

Images

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Technical studies

  • X-radiography

Material/ Technique

  • created by The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (Maryland)

Condition Reports

Date01.12.2022

The panel has been thinned and cradled at some stage in the past. The reverse exhibits exensive areas with open woodworm channels. Some appear to have been stabilised with a filler containing lead.

[cda 2022]

Conservation History

Date17.05.1977

  • coated and cleaned

[The Walters Art Gallery, online catalogue, accessed 01.12.2022]

Versions

The Marriage of St Catherine
  • The Marriage of St Catherine, about 1516 - 1520
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P111
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria with Saints Dorothy, Margaret and Barbara
  • The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria with Saints Dorothy, Margaret and Barbara, about 1516 - 1518
  • HU_SMB_133
  • Painting
  • Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine
  • The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine, about 1516 - 1520
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P627
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

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