The Beheading of Saint Catherine
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 18.5 × 17.4 cm (7 5/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Sheet: 18.8 × 17.8 cm (7 7/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
50146
About the Artist
Domenico Campagnola · 1500–1564
Domenico Campagnola (c. 1500–1564), a Venetian Renaissance painter, engraver, and pioneering draftsman, was born around 1500, likely in Venice to German parents, and became a child prodigy under the tutelage of his adoptive father, Giulio Campagnola. Apprenticed to Giulio around 1507 in Venice, he mastered painting, drawing, engraving, and woodcutting from the esteemed Paduan engraver, whose stipp...