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Object Type
print
Museum number
W,2.10
Description
The mystic marriage of St Catherine; the saint, left, kneeling by a fragment of wheel, offering her finger to the Child Christ, right, sitting on the Virgin's lap; St Joseph sitting behind them; landscape in the background Engraving with etching
Producer name
After:
Parmigianino
(formerly attributed to)
Print made by:
Pierre van Schuppen
School/style
Italian
French
Production date
1647-1691
(between)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
etching
Dimensions
Height:
387 millimetres
(platemark)
Width:
318 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Print after a design wrongly attributed to Parmigianino.
Location
Not on display
Subjects
virgin and child with saints
mystic marriage of st catherine
Associated names
Representation of:
Virgin Mary
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Representation of:
St Catherine of Alexandria
Representation of:
St Catherine of Siena
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
(with monogram and date 1781)
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Pierre Mariette II
(signature with date 1671)
Acquisition date
1799
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
W,2.10