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| Keywords: Andrea Ferrucci - Saint Catherine of Alexandria - Walters 27579.jpg Saint Catherine of Alexandria Egypt was a noblewoman who in the early 4th century challenged the pagan Roman emperor with her faith in Christ The emperor ordered her to be executed on a spiked wheel but it miraculously broke and he had her beheaded instead She is identified here by the broken wheel with iron spikes Ferrucci master sculptor of the cathedral of Florence left the back of the statue unfinished indicating that it was to be placed in a niche or in front of a wall as part of an architectural setting The drapery covers Catherine's body in a way that reveals its underlying form and the gracefully elongated proportions as in her neck are characteristic of the 16th-century ideal of female beauty The orange stain on her chest is from an iron necklace that had rusted that is now lost ca 1515 Renaissance marble and iron H cm 108 accession number 27 579 28977 Heim Gallery Ltd London date and mode of acquisition unknown no 16 Walters Art Museum September 1970 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the S and A P Fund 1970 place of origin Naples Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Andrea Ferrucci Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Statues of Saint Catherine of Alexandria | ||||
