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St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota was founded in 1905 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and named for St. Catherine of Alexandria. [53] University of Saint Katherine in San Marcos, California is the first Eastern Orthodox Christian university in the United States and the English-speaking world.
In the painting, Catherine of Alexandria is looking upward in ecstasy and leaning on a wheel, an allusion to the breaking wheel (or Catherine wheel) of her martyrdom. [ 1 ] It was painted c. 1507–1509 , towards the end of Raphael's sojourn in Florence, and shows the young artist in a transitional phase.
Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1598) is an oil painting (173x133 cm) by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, painted from 1598-1599. It is part of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection of Madrid . History and description
Saint Catherine of Alexandria is an oil tempera on beech board painting by Bohemian Gothic painter Master Theodoric. It stands out among Theodoric's paintings in the Chapel of the Holy Cross, especially for her richly decorated clothing. The painting is exhibited in the collection of medieval art of the National Gallery in Prague. [1]
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The painting is over 5 feet tall, it was completed in 1612. It was part of a large group of paintings completed for the iconostasis of Saint Catherine's Monastery in Mount Sinai, Egypt. [6] The icon features Catherine of Alexandria. The princess sits in a position similar to Palladas's earlier work depicting Saint Catherine. The artist created ...
Articles relating to Catherine of Alexandria, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early fourth century at the hands of the emperor Maxentius.According to her hagiography, she was both a princess and a noted scholar who became a Christian around the age of 14, converted hundreds of people to Christianity and was martyred around the age of eighteen.
The history of this picture can be traced right back to the beginning. Vasari mentions it as being in the house of a Modenese doctor, Francesco Grillenzoni; in 1582 Cardinal Luigi d'Este bought it, and presented it to Catarina Nobili Sforza, Countess of Santa Fiora and grand-niece of Pope Julius III.