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- Rights signal
- CC0
- Publication file
- 309 × 900 px · WebP
- Suggested credit
- Saint Catherine by Master of the Holy Blood (Netherlandish) (c. 1520). Bequest of John L. Severance Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.633.1
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From the museum record
Saint Catherine holds the sword with which she was martyred. This painting and another in the collection (1942.633.2) were originally the wings of an altarpiece flanking a central panel, now lost, that may have depicted the Holy Family. The identity of this artist is unknown, but he is named for a painting in the Chapel of the Holy Blood in Bruges. Bruges flourished as an international commercial center through the 1400s and early 1500s. Among its residents were many foreign merchants and bankers who, along with the Burgundian court, patronized artists and attracted specialized craftsmen such as furriers, hatters, jewelers, and goldsmiths. Bruges’s artistic production in the 1400s included celebrated artists like Jan van Eyck, Petrus Christus, Hans Memling, and Gerard David who painted large altarpieces, small panels for private devotion, and portraits. Bruges also remained an important center for the production of illuminated manuscripts.
Lupin’s visual index
A serene woman in rich Renaissance attire gazes thoughtfully at a distant landscape.
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