Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Plate: 15 7/8 × 11 3/4 in. (40.3 × 29.9 cm) Sheet: 17 1/2 in. × 14 in. (44.5 × 35.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Accession Number
28.22.14
Art Historical Context
This engraving captures Saint Catherine of Alexandria, a revered early Christian martyr often shown with the spiked wheel of her attempted execution. Created in 1824 by engravers Auguste Gaspard Louis Boucher Desnoyers and the firm Durand et Sauvé after a celebrated composition by Raphael, the print faithfully translates the High Renaissance master’s graceful figure and serene expression into the precise lines of the engraving medium. Raphael, a central figure of the Italian Renaissance, was renowned for his harmonious compositions and idealized human forms that influenced generations of artis...