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Lotto Catherine Alexandria | Virgin St John Baptist Zacharias
Lorenzo Lotto “Saint Catherine of Alexandria” Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan in Italy
Saint Catherine
Lorenzo Lotto (1480 — 1556) “Saint Catherine of Alexandria”
Painting - Oil on Wood (36 x 29 cm) 1550-1560
Saint Catherine is represented leaning on one of the instruments of the various tortures that will be inflicted on her, one of the cogged and studded wheels that were supposed to tear her body by turning in the opposite direction.
But an angel came and smashed the wheels.
Saint Catherine The cogged and broken wheel became the symbol of the virgin martyr, represented here dressed in rich garments corresponding to her title of princess.
She most often wears a crown, but Lorenzo Lotto was content with the wheel and princely garments, the halo and the palm as an attribute of martyrdom.
The saint's face is very soft under the delicacy of her hair.
Still, her eyes stare at us, showing a specific determination supported by her faith, which gave her the strength to resist the advances and then the threats of Emperor Maxentius without trembling.
Lotto Catherine Alexandria | Virgin St John Baptist Zacharias
Artists Bellini | Botticelli | Canaletto | Carriera | Cranach | Daddi | Francesca | Giordano | Guardi | Lippi F. | Lotto | Luini | Mantegna | Montagna | Memling | Palma | Pinturicchio | Pollaiolo | Raphael | Tiepolo | Titian | Weapons Room
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Museums Ambrosiana | Castello Sforzesco | Poldi Pezzoli
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