The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: Renaissance & Baroque: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace

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      ANTONIO ALLEGRI CORREGGIO (1489?-1534)

      Saint Catherine Reading

      c.1530-32

      RCIN 405768

      St Catherine of Alexandria was desired by the Emperor Maxentius (AD 306-12), and martyred when she refused either to marry him or renounce her Christian faith. In this late work by Correggio, she is shown holding a martyr’s palm and resting her book on a fragment of the wheel which shattered miraculously during her ordeal.

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