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Saint Catherine of Alexandria, kneeling with her elbow resting on the spiked wheel, and an angel crowning her with a flower wreath

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Saint Catherine of Alexandria, kneeling with her elbow resting on the spiked wheel, and an angel crowning her with a flower wreath

Carlo Cignani | Sir Nicolas Dorigny

1698

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 14 9/16 × 9 3/16 in. (37 × 23.4 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Carlo Cignani

1628–1719 • Papal States

Painter who continued the tradition of Bolognese classicism into the 18th century. He became the first president of the Accademia Clementina in 1711. His style is similar to that of Guido Reni. Comment on works: Mythology; Religious.

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