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Cleveland Museum of Art97191portraitPier Francesco Foschi (Italian, 1502–1567)c. 1560CC0cma sacred-art portraits flora-fauna ink-paper-impressions objects-with-gravity sacred art flora fauna ink paper impressions objects with gravity saint woman portrait oil painting renaissance catholic red pink dark serene religious italy drapery halo catherinePier Francesco Foschi (Italian, 1502–1567) c. 1560 Italy, 16th century oil on wood Painting European ReligiousSacred & Devotional Faces in Time The Living World Ink, Paper & Impressions Objects with Gravity
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Portrait of a Woman as Saint Catherine by Pier Francesco Foschi (Italian, 1502–1567) (c. 1560). Holden Collection Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.825
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Saint Catherine of Alexandria, a Christian, was martyred for refusing to make sacrifices to idols as decreed by the pagan Roman emperor Maxentius. While Maxentius first attempted to slay Catherine with spiked wheels, the machine broke when she prayed for salvation, and the emperor subsequently beheaded her. Catherine is identified in portraits through objects related to her martyrdom, such as a broken wheel, or a palm branch symbolizing the victory of the eternal spirit over mortal flesh. In sixteenth-century Florence, patrician women were often portrayed as such exemplary figures, indicating the virtues of the sitter.
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A serene portrait depicts Saint Catherine, adorned in pink and black, holding a book and a small animal.
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