The Dream of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

The Dream of Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Lodovico Carracci

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 138.8 x 110.5 cm (54 5/8 x 43 1/2 in.) framed: 181 x 149.9 x 11.4 cm (71 1/4 x 59 x 4 1/2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Department

CIS-B

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1952.5.59

About the Artist

Lodovico Carracci

Lodovico's style is charaterized by being less classical than that of his younger cousins, Agostino and Annibale, his figures have a sense of other-worldliness, and he is more influenced by Mannerist art than his cousins. Like his cousins, he espoused the direct study of nature, especially through figure drawing; he was influenced by the paintings of Correggio and the Venetians.

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