Saint Catherine
late 15th–mid-16th century
Medium
Silverpoint, brush and brown ink, and indigo wash on vellum, pricked for transfer along brush lines
Dimensions
6 9/16 x 5 1/16 in. (16.7 x 12.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, David L. Klein Jr. Memorial Foundation Inc. Gift, Van Day Truex Fund, Malcolm H. Wiener, Susan H. Seidel, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Tobey and Stephen A. Geiger Gifts, and Karen B. Cohen Fund, 1995
Accession Number
1995.269
Tags
About the Artist
Lucas Cranach the Elder|Lucas Cranach the Elder · 1472–1553
Lucas Cranach the Elder (c. 1472-1553) was one of the most prominent German Renaissance painters and a key artistic figure of the Protestant Reformation. Born in Kronach, Franconia, to the painter Hans Maler, Cranach began his career in Vienna around 1502, where he became one of the founders of the Danube School, a movement characterized by expressive landscape painting and emotional force. His ea...