Saint Catherine of Siena Dictating Her Dialogues
Date:
15th Century
Medium:
Tempera on panel
Dimensions:
11 3/8 × 11 3/8 inches (28.89 × 28.89 cm)
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund, Joseph H. Boyer Memorial Fund, Building Endowment Fund, Benson and Edith Ford Fund, Henry Ford II Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Alvan Macauley, Jr. Fund, Laura H. Murphy Fund, Mary Martin Semmes Fund, Edna B. Skelton Fund and General Endowment Fund
Object number:
66.15
Interior with Saint Catherine dictating her dialogues. In the immediate foreground is a double arch with center colonette halving the composition. At the right, St. Catherine, wearing a black robe over a white shift, kneels with arms crossed over her breast. At the left, a monk seated at a desk writes in an open book. At the upper left is a half length figure of Christ in benediction with six cherubim.
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