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Florentine or Sienese school; End of the XVI century. "Mystical nuptials of St. Catherine and St. Sebastian, St. Francis and St. Lucy". Oil on canvas. Relined. Measurements: 126 x 133 cm. In this canvas are represented the mystical nuptials of Saint Catherine, narrated by Santiago de la Vorágine in his "Golden Legend". The legend tells that Saint Catherine was of royal lineage, daughter of a Sicilian queen and a Samaritan prince, and that at eighteen years of age she still did not marry because she considered herself so beautiful and intelligent that no mortal man deserved her. The hermit Ananias asked her to marry a husband superior to all men on earth, but the young woman demanded to see him before marrying him. The hermit then instructed her to lock herself in her room at night, to light the torches as if to receive a great guest, and to pronounce aloud the invocation: "Lady, Mother of God, be gracious to me by allowing me to see your Divine Son". So she did, and the Virgin appeared to her with the Child, who offered her Jesus in marriage. The Child, however, refused to take her as his wife because she was not beautiful enough. She interpreted the dream as an accusation of lack of faith, and withdrew to the desert to learn the Christian precepts with the hermit, and was baptized. In a new dream the Child accepted her beauty, the beauty of her soul, and Catherine became the celestial bride of Christ, a marriage that was confirmed when Jesus placed a ring on her finger. The quality of the finishes is excellent, the subtlety of the folding of the Virgin's red mantle, with the play of light and shadows that form the volume in a fluid and natural way, is an example of the painter's artistic skill. It is worth mentioning the treatment of color, with a palette of colors of great expressiveness that only darken in the last planes. Due to the technical characteristics, such as the modeling of the forms, the tonalities used, the type of composition, and even the aesthetic details used, this work can be inscribed within the Northern Italian school.

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Florentine or Sienese school; End of the XVI century. "Mystical nuptials of St. Catherine and St. Sebastian, St. Francis and St. Lucy". Oil on canvas. Relined. Measurements: 126 x 133 cm. In this canvas are represented the mystical nuptials of Saint Catherine, narrated by Santiago de la Vorágine in his "Golden Legend". The legend tells that Saint Catherine was of royal lineage, daughter of a Sicilian queen and a Samaritan prince, and that at eighteen years of age she still did not marry because she considered herself so beautiful and intelligent that no mortal man deserved her. The hermit Ananias asked her to marry a husband superior to all men on earth, but the young woman demanded to see him before marrying him. The hermit then instructed her to lock herself in her room at night, to light the torches as if to receive a great guest, and to pronounce aloud the invocation: "Lady, Mother of God, be gracious to me by allowing me to see your Divine Son". So she did, and the Virgin appeared to her with the Child, who offered her Jesus in marriage. The Child, however, refused to take her as his wife because she was not beautiful enough. She interpreted the dream as an accusation of lack of faith, and withdrew to the desert to learn the Christian precepts with the hermit, and was baptized. In a new dream the Child accepted her beauty, the beauty of her soul, and Catherine became the celestial bride of Christ, a marriage that was confirmed when Jesus placed a ring on her finger. The quality of the finishes is excellent, the subtlety of the folding of the Virgin's red mantle, with the play of light and shadows that form the volume in a fluid and natural way, is an example of the painter's artistic skill. It is worth mentioning the treatment of color, with a palette of colors of great expressiveness that only darken in the last planes. Due to the technical characteristics, such as the modeling of the forms, the tonalities used, the type of composition, and even the aesthetic details used, this work can be inscribed within the Northern Italian school.

Estimate 4 000 - 4 500 EUR
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