Who created "The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine"?

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine was created by Mario Cartaro|Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) in 1563.

What medium is "The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine"?

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine is Engraving.

Is "The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine" in the public domain?

Yes, The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine

Mario Cartaro|Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi)

1563

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 13 1/4 × 8 7/16 in. (33.6 × 21.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

Accession Number

49.97.531

Art Historical Context

Behold *The Martyrdom of Catherine*, a striking 1563 engraving by Mario Cart after a design by Francesco Salvi (Francesco de' Rossi now housed in the Metropolitan Museum Art's Drawings and Prints department. Measuring a trimmed sheet of 13¼ × 8⅞ inches, this print captures the dramatic legend of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, who faced torture on a spiked wheel before her beheading—a popular subject in Counter-Reformation art that emphasized faith's triumph over persecution. Salviati, a leading Mannerist artist active in mid-16th-century Italy and France, infused his compositions with elongat...

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine

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