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Object Type: print
Museum number: U,2.100
Description: Mystic Marriage of St Catherine; the Virgin seated on a throne holding the infant Christ on her knee and about to place a ring on the finger of St Catherine, kneeling to right; to left three angels playing musical instruments. 1585 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Agostino Carracci; After: Paolo Veronese
School/style: Italian
Production date: 1585
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: Height: 308 millimetres (trimmed to plate-mark); Width: 226 millimetres (trimmed to plate-mark)
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Curator's comments: BM also has an impression of the second state: see U,2.99
Bibliographic references: Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (XVIII.89.97); Bohlin 1979 / Prints and related drawings by the Carracci family (133.I)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: virgin and child with saints
Associated names: Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: Virgin Mary; Representation of: St Catherine of Siena
Acquisition name: Bequeathed by: Sir Hans Sloane
Acquisition date: 1753
Acquisition notes: With Philipe's blindstamp and initials HS.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: U,2.100

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