Sculpture of St Catherine
1580 - 1600
European
W 9 1/2" × H 21 1/2" × D 5 3/4"
Stock # Marh2872
£1,850.00
Late Renaissance gilt wood sculpture of St Catherine holding a book.
Catherine of Alexandria, also spelled Katherine is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early fourth century at the hands of the emperor Maxentius.