The mystic marriage of Saint Catherine
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 8 1/16 x 5 13/16 in. (20.5 x 14.8 cm) sheet: 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (21.6 x 15.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.1870
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Art Historical Context
Behold *The Mystic Marriage of Saint*, a captivating 16th-century Italian (ca. 1560–1600) now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Drawings and Prints department. Attributed variously to an anonymous Italian artist, engraver Giulio Bonasone, orist master Parmigianino (Girol Francesco Mazzola), this print depicts the revered Christian mystical event where the Christ Child places a wedding ring on Saint Catherine's finger, symbolizing her spiritual union with Christ. Surrounding figures of men and women underscore the intimate, devotional theme central to Catholic iconography. This subject ...