An Italian alabaster painting depicting Saint Catherine of A...

An Italian alabaster painting depicting Saint Catherine of Alexandria in prayer, her hands clasped and gaze raised heavenwards, beside her lie the instruments of her martyrdom: the broken wheel, upon which the Emperor Maxentius intended that she should be tortured, and the sword by which she was ultimately executed, above, an angel appears amongst the clouds bearing the crown of everlasting glory, recalling the heavenly reward promised to the saint for her faith and martyrdom, he natural veining and luminosity of the alabaster has been incorporated into the composition, forming the clouds of the heavens, Florentine, oil on alabaster, first half of the 17th century, old ink inscription verso 'Rafael', in later gilt and ebonised frame, 29 × 22 cm

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