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Sep 17, 2019
Sep 17, 2019
Holy Family with the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
Holy Family with the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
c. 1560
Tommaso d’Antonio Manzuoli, called Maso da San Friano
(Italian, 1531–1571)
Oil on panel
Image: 148 x 103 cm (58 1/4 x 40 9/16 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 2019.168
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The marriage shown in this painting is called “mystic” because it was a purely symbolic. The infant Jesus places a ring on the finger of Catherine of Alexandria, a fourth-century saint who had a vision of dedicating herself to God and remaining a virgin instead of marrying. Note the otherworldly quality of the women and children’s elegant faces, compared to the naturalism of elderly Saint Joseph, who may be a likeness of someone the artist knew.
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