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Mystic Marriage of St Catherine, from the series 'Opera selectiora'
Artist:
After:
Date:
1740
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Chiaroscuro Woodcut Printed From Four Blocks
Dimensions:
55.7 x 37.2 cm (image)
Department:
Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
Europe
Accession Number:
L
Acquisition Date:
1966-01-01
Credit Line:
California State Library long loan
In classical arch setting; Virgin and child enthroned with adult and baby angels in air; angel musicians and worldly figures below; saint touches child to consummate her marriage to Savior.
Contemporaneous Works “Art from the same century and country”
The Castle of Wufflens No.79 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts (18th–19th century)