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The mystical marriage of Saint Catherine covers two different subjects often shown in Catholic art arising from visions received by either Catherine of Alexandria or Catherine of Siena (1347–1380), in which these virgin saints went through a mystical marriage wedding ceremony with Christ, in the presence of the Virgin Mary, consecrating ...
Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine or Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine with Saints is a c.1510–1511 oil on canvas painting by Correggio, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington. [1] Its central group is a Metterza , with Catherine of Alexandria kneeling before them and saints Francis of Assisi and Dominic to either side.
The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine (or Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Barbara) is a c. 1480 oil-on-oak painting by the Early Netherlandish painter Hans Memling, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Virgin Mary sits on a throne in a garden holding the Child Jesus in her lap.
The composition of eight figures, representing the Virgin Mary, clothed in red vest and a blue mantle, seated on the viewer's left, bending and holding the Christ child on her knee, while he places a ring on the finger of Saint Catherine: behind is an angel bearing a sword, the instrument of her martyrdom; and on the right are two other angels witnessing the mystical union of Jesus and the Saint.
Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine is a c.1520 oil on panel painting by Correggio, now in the National Museum of Capodimonte in Naples.. It is mentioned in an inventory of the goods of Barbara Sanseverino dated 27 April 1596 as "a painting by Correggio, called the Marriage of Saint Catherine, small but rejoicing in extreme beauty".
Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria with Saint Sebastian; Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine: Artist: Antonio da Correggio Year: c. 1527: Dimensions: 105 cm (41 in) × 102 cm (40 in) Identifiers: Joconde work ID: 000PE024813
Scenes from the Life of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Germany, c. 15th century, Walters Art Museum. Countless images of Saint Catherine are depicted in art, especially in the late Middle Ages, which is also the time that the account of Saint Catherine's Mystical Marriage makes its first literary appearance.
The painting shows the virgin Mary holding the Christ child on her knees while the child celebrates the symbolic mystical marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria by offering her a ring. St. St. Catherine, kneeling before the Christ child, wears a wide fur-lined rose cloak and gilt crown; her long, blond hair is an attribute of aristocratic ...