This painting was almost certainly commissioned in Rome by Caravaggio’s first patron, Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte...
"Almighty ever-living God, who gave Saint Catherine of Alexandria to your people as a Virgin and an invincible Martyr, grant that through her intercession we may be strengthened in faith and constancy and spend ourselves without reserve for the unity of the Church. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son." Statue of St Catherine in St Patrick's Cathedral, New York.
Saint Catherine of Alexandria lived in the early 300s in Alexandria, Egypt. She was a highly educated girl of noble birth and after experiencing a vision of Mary and the child Jesus, she converted …
Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Protectress of the Order of Preachers
Princess Catherine of Alexandria converted to christianism when she was 14. When she protested against the persecutions of emperor Maxentus, the latter summoned 50 of his best orators and philosophers to dispute with her. Catherine won the debates and some of the orators even converted. Catherine was tortured and let to die of starvation in prison, but her wounds quickly healed and a dove often came to feed her.Even the empress, Valeria Maximillia, converted thanks to her. Maxentus sentenced hi
Glorious Saint Catherine, virgin and martyr, help me to imitate your love of purity. Give me strength and courage in fighting off the temptations of the world and evil desires. Help me to love God with my whole heart and serve Him faithfully. O Saint Catherine, through your glorious martyrdom for the love of Christ, […]
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Italian 1573-1610) Oil on canvas, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain Caravaggio pushed his figures up against the picture plane and used dramatic lighting which gives his paintings a quality of immediacy. He portrayed realistic observations of the physical and emotional human state. These combined characteristics had a formative influence on Baroque painting.
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This book of hours was written in Dutch in the fifteenth century for the use of Utrecht. The Hours of the Virgin and of the Cross are accompanied here by the Dutch translation of Henry Suso's "Cursus aeternae sapientiae," a text that was particularly popular for private devotion in the Netherlands. Once owned by the English collector Lord Amherst, the manuscript is exceptional for its extensive illumination. Webs of foliage cover every margin, most sprouting medallions containing flora and fauna. The divisions in the text are marked by twenty richly painted full-page miniatures, often accompanied by related marginalia. Further illumination in the form of historiated and foliate initials marks minor breaks in the text, and the overall effect is a visual feast for the reader. To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.
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Erla - Iglesia de Santa Maria la Mayor Retablo of St John the Baptist 1465-1480 for the top half (Tomas Giner and Arnau de Castellnou) and 1510-1515 for the bottom "Bench" (attributed to Martin Garcia) This photo is from the Bench
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