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ID number: BIRBI-65.8 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Cavallino, Bernardo (1616-1656) Title / Object name: St Catherine of Alexandria Object type: Painting Place made: Naples Culture: Italian Date made: late 1640s Materials: Oil on canvas Measurements: 71.7 x 59 cm (unframed) 90 x 78 x 6 cm (framed) Provenance: R. A. Russell, Surbiton, 1907; Christie's Auction House, London, 1907, not sold; Henshaw Skinner Russell; purchased by the Hazlitt Gallery from C. G. Doward, New York, 1965 C.G.Doward, New York, 1965; Hazlitt Gallery, London; purchased by the Barber Institute, December 1965 for £8,000. |
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Saint Catherine holds the martyr’s palm on top of part of her spiked wheel. She was sentenced to be crushed on the wheel by the Emperor Maxentius because she had condemned the worship of pagan idols. According to legend, the wheel was miraculously destroyed and instead she was beheaded. Notes: Exhibited: 'Italian and the Italianate', Hazlitt Gallery, May 1966 (no.16); 'Painting in Naples from Carravaggio to Giordano', Royal Academy, London, 1982 (no.32) |
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| Cavallino, Bernardo Italian 1616 1656 | |
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| Painting in Naples from Caravaggio to Giordano Royal Academy, London 1982 | |
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