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St Catherine of Alexandria

Also known as: St Catherine of Alexandria; primary name: St Catherine of Alexandria; other name: Catherine of Alexandria; other name: St Catherine
Details: individual; saint/martyr; Female
Life dates: -early 4thC
Biography: Venerated as Christian saint and virgin martyr, patron of education and learning; mystically 'married' to Christ. Said to have been executed by the Roman emperor Maxentius (q.v.). Her attribute is a wheel (usually shown as broken), representing the first attempt to kill her when the wheel to which she had been tied was struck by a thunderbolt and destroyed. She was subsequently beheaded.

713 related objects

ampulla

Museum number: 1882,0510.50 |
Cultures/periods: x272757 Early Byzantine |
Production date: 480-650 |
Production place: Made in:Alexandria (Egypt) |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:St Menas

bookplate; print

Museum number: Franks,Swiss.921 |
Producer name: BIOG37464 Print made by:Martinus Martini |
Production date: 1606

cap-hook; hat-ornament

Museum number: 2001,0703.1 |
Production date: 16thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Nettlestead

chafing-dish

Museum number: 1926,0428.289.CR |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval |
Production date: 16thC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:J S Fry & Sons' Factories

chalice

Museum number: 1913,1220.96 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1326-1350 |
Production place: Made in:Siena (town)

die

Museum number: HARR.64 |
Producer name: BIOG114500 Engraved by:John Roettier |
Production date: 1662

die

Museum number: HARR.63 |
Producer name: BIOG114500 Engraved by:John Roettier |
Production date: 1662

diptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1856,0623.51 |
Production date: 14thC |
Production place: Made in:France |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:France

diptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1881,0802.9 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 14thC |
Production place: Made in:France |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:France

diptych; religious/ritual equipment

Museum number: 1856,0623.83 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 14thC |
Production place: Made in:France |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:France

dish

Museum number: 1855,1201.72 |
Production date: 1420-1430 |
Production place: Made in:Manises

drawing

Museum number: 1947,0412.155 |
Producer name: BIOG23054 Drawn by:Francis Cleyn |
Production date: 1582-1658

drawing; album

Museum number: 1862,0809.11 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1613

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.18 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: SL,5227.98 |
Producer name: BIOG44390 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista della Rovere |
Production date: 1576-1636

drawing

Museum number: 1905,1110.58 |
Producer name: BIOG45320 Attributed to:Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone |
Production date: 1525-1563

drawing; album

Museum number: 1950,1111.2 |
Producer name: BIOG42093 Drawn by:Domenico Piola |
Production date: 1642-1703

drawing; album

Museum number: 1952,0121.60 |
Producer name: BIOG49395 Circle/School of:Francesco Vanni |
Production date: 1578-1609

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0112.108 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir Robert StrangeAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1759

drawing

Museum number: 1943,1113.34 |
Producer name: BIOG35834 Drawn by:Jacopo Ligozzi |
Production date: 1547-1632

drawing

Museum number: 1910,0212.212 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1615-1620

drawing

Museum number: T,5.41 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing

Museum number: Pp,3.25 |
Producer name: BIOG45270 Drawn by:Bartolomeo Schedoni |
Production date: 1593-1615

drawing

Museum number: SL,5227.75 |
Producer name: After:Martin SchongauerAttributed to:Jörg Schweiger |
Production date: 1490-1500

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.810 |
Producer name: BIOG41001 Drawn by:Palma Vecchio |
Production date: 1495-1528

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.632 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.6 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.795 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Giulio CampiFormerly attributed to:Callisto Piazza |
Production date: 1530

drawing

Museum number: 1934,1208.2 |
Producer name: BIOG38667 Attributed to:Pier Francesco Mola |
Production date: 1627-1668

drawing

Museum number: 1950,0211.16 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Alonso CanoFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Battista Ricci |
Production date: 1660

drawing

Museum number: Oo,7.197 |
Producer name: BIOG22979 Drawn by:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1640

drawing

Museum number: 1861,0810.6 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Pietro FacciniFormerly attributed to:Giacomo Cavedone |
Production date: 1577-1602

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.20 |
Producer name: BIOG18497 Drawn by:Federico Barocci |
Production date: 1560-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.819 |
Producer name: After:Anthony van DyckAfter:Titian |
Production date: c. 1621-1627

drawing

Museum number: 1874,0808.109 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Hugh HowardAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1675-1738

drawing

Museum number: 1966,1210.4 |
Producer name: BIOG52059 Drawn by:Federico Zuccaro |
Production date: 1557-1609

drawing; print study; album

Museum number: 1921,0411.61 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Jacob de WitAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1710-1754

drawing

Museum number: 1997,0712.21 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Leonhard Beck |
Production date: 1520

drawing

Museum number: SL,5223.47 |
Producer name: BIOG17545 After:Pompeo dell' Aquila |
Production date: 1511-1571

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.865 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 15thC(early)

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.11 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: 1897,0410.4 |
Producer name: BIOG21778 Drawn by:Domenico Campagnola |
Production date: 1511-1562

drawing

Museum number: 1992,0725.11 |
Producer name: BIOG21630 Drawn by:Guglielmo Caccia |
Production date: 1583-1625

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0314.74 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Edward CalvertAfter:Lodovico Carracci |
Production date: 1799-1883

drawing

Museum number: 1920,1116.3 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Giovanni de' VecchiFormerly attributed to:Battista Angolo del Moro |
Production date: 1550-1600

drawing

Museum number: T,3.42 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.985 |
Producer name: BIOG34285 Drawn by:Hans von Kulmbach |
Production date: 1500-1522

drawing

Museum number: 1920,1116.9 |
Producer name: BIOG49395 After:Francesco Vanni |
Production date: 1578-1609

drawing

Museum number: SL,5218.145 |
Producer name: BIOG24299 Drawn by:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1515-1520

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.473 |
Producer name: BIOG42304 After:Polidoro da Caravaggio |
Production date: 1540-1560

drawing

Museum number: Ff,4.90 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC(early)

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.828 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing; print; manuscript

Museum number: 1938,0514.4.4 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Padre Sebastiano RestaAfter:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1709 1610

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1157 |
Producer name: BIOG39728 Drawn by:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1654-1655

drawing

Museum number: 1923,0113.25 |
Producer name: BIOG37116 Office/studio of:Niklaus Manuel I |
Production date: 1499-1530

drawing

Museum number: 1853,0813.31 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17thC

drawing; album

Museum number: 1862,0809.125 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1563-1613

drawing

Museum number: 1975,0301.44 |
Producer name: BIOG27357 Drawn by:Hippolyte Flandrin |
Production date: 1809-1864

drawing; manuscript

Museum number: 1938,0514.4.5 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Padre Sebastiano RestaDrawn by:Pier Leone Ghezzi |
Production date: 1709 1610

drawing

Museum number: SL,5237.48 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: 1952,0229.7 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Francesco VanniFormerly attributed to:Alessandro Casolani |
Production date: 1563-1610

drawing

Museum number: Oo,5.33 |
Producer name: BIOG50838 Drawn by:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1794

drawing; album

Museum number: 1862,0809.27 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 Drawn by:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1563-1628

drawing

Museum number: SL,5237.35 |
Producer name: BIOG41001 After:Palma Vecchio |
Production date: 1495-1528

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.658 |
Producer name: BIOG52059 Drawn by:Federico Zuccaro |
Production date: 1557-1609

drawing

Museum number: Ff,1.78 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Giorgio GandiniFormerly attributed to:Bernardino Gatti |
Production date: 1504-1538

drawing

Museum number: T,11.43 |
Producer name: BIOG40722 Drawn by:Lelio Orsi |
Production date: 1526-1587

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.734 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Giorgio GandiniFormerly attributed to:Bernardino Gatti |
Production date: 1504-1538

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.848 |
Producer name: BIOG21708 Drawn by:Carletto Caliari |
Production date: 1585-1596

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.378 |
Producer name: BIOG17386 Drawn by:Marco Angolo del Moro |
Production date: 16thC(late)

drawing

Museum number: T,3.89 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Nicolaus MosmanAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1744-1787

drawing

Museum number: 1874,0808.110 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Hugh HowardAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1675-1738

drawing; album

Museum number: 1899,0120.17 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 16thC

drawing

Museum number: SL,5226.29 |
Producer name: BIOG49652 Circle/School of:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1543-1588

figure

Museum number: 1854,0814.8 |
Cultures/periods: x41047 Post-Medieval |
Production date: 17thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:London (England)

finger-ring

Museum number: AF.2489 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:St Catherine's Church

finger-ring

Museum number: AF.921 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval

finger-ring

Museum number: 1900,0613.1 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Frelag Farm

finger-ring

Museum number: 1978,1002.394 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 15thC |
Production place: Made in:England

finger-ring

Museum number: 1967,1208.3 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Production date: 1400-1464 |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Fishpool

finger-ring

Museum number: AF.917 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:New Alresford (Hampshire)

finger-ring

Museum number: AF.912 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval

finger-ring

Museum number: AF.911 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval

finger-ring

Museum number: AF.913 |
Cultures/periods: x41036 Late Medieval

icon; painting

Title: St Nicholas of Zaraisk surrounded by Saints and Festival Scenes |
Museum number: 1998,1104.1 |
Production date: 1650-1700 |
Production place: Made in:Russia (Europe)

icon; painting

Title: Christ ‘Pantocrator’ Smolensky, surrounded by various Saints |
Museum number: 1998,0605.29 |
Production date: 1750-1800 |
Production place: Made in:Russia (Europe)

incense-spoon

Museum number: WB.209 |
Production date: 1850-1898 |
Production place: Made in:Rhine, RiverMade in:Belgium

medal

Museum number: 1992,0113.4293 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC

medal

Museum number: 1992,0113.4295 |
Producer name: BIOG102192 Made by:AP |
Production date: 19thC-20thC

medal

Museum number: 1992,0113.4297 |
Producer name: BIOG113297 Made by:P |
Production date: 19thC-20thC

medal

Museum number: 1992,0113.4294 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC

medal

Museum number: M.7527 |
Authority: BIOG104031 Issuer:Sir John Berkeley |
Production date: 1662 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.7526 |
Producer name: BIOG114500 Designed by:John Roettier |
Production date: 1662 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: G3,EM.210 |
Producer name: BIOG114500 Designed by:John Roettier |
Production date: 1662 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 1992,0113.4296 |
Producer name: BIOG113297 Made by:P |
Production date: 19thC-20thC

medal

Museum number: 1992,0113.5006 |
Production date: 19thC-20thC

niello plate; frame

Museum number: 1845,0825.8 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1450-1475 |
Production place: Made in:Florence (province)

niello print

Museum number: 1885,0509.1783 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1700-1880

niello print

Museum number: 1845,0825.131 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1475-1520

panel

Museum number: 1856,0623.123 |
Production date: 1700 |
Production place: Made in:Augsburg