Artemisia gentileschi wikipedia
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Artemisia gentileschi wikipedia
Saint Catherine of Alexandria (Artemisia Gentileschi)
Painting by Artemisia Gentileschi
Saint Catherine of Alexandra is a painting by the Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi.
It is in the collection of the Uffizi, Florence.[1] Gentileschi likely used the same cartoon or preparatory drawing to create both this painting and the Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria (1615–1617), now in the National Gallery, London.[2][3]
Subject Matter
The painting is a representation of Catherine, the daughter of King Costus of Alexandria, who defied the emperor Maxentius with her staunch defense of her Christian faith.[4] She was sentenced to death by use of a spiked wheel, but was saved when the instrument miraculously broke.
She was subsequently beheaded and later recognized as a Christian martyr, with the broken spiked wheel as her symbol.[4] She is portrayed in a striking red gown with gold embellishment, holding th