The Beheading of Saint Catherine

Prints and Drawings

1517

Domenico Campagnola
Italian, c. 1500-1564

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, kneeling with head bowed low, appears just below the center of this circular composition. The saint has already miraculously withstood martyrdom on the wheel, a form of torture that the shape of this engraving plate may reference. She will at last succumb to her executioners, but not without converting hundreds to Christianity by her example. Domenico Campagnola’s fluid, sketchy engraving reinforces the tumultuous scene and emphasizes the dramatically raised sword.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Domenico Campagnola
Title: The Beheading of Saint Catherine
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1517
Medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 18.5 × 17.4 cm (7 5/16 × 6 7/8 in.); Sheet: 18.8 × 17.8 cm (7 7/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1944.166
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Gelichon 10

Hind V.210.2

Bartsch XIII.381.6

Bartsch, illustrated 2519.007

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