Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (Andrea del Sarto)

Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria is an oil on panel painting of the sacra conversazione genre by Andrea del Sarto, executed c. 1512-1513. It was acquired by the imperial gallery in Prague in 1749 and now is in the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden.[1]

Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (c. 1512-1513) by Andrea del Sarto

The work was produced during an early phase of the artist's work, contemporary with his frescoes in the Chiostrino dei Voti in Santissima Annunziata, Florence, and was a major influence on his principal pupils, especially Rosso Fiorentino and Pontormo.


References
  1. (in German) AA.VV., Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden, Band I, die augstellten Werke, Walter König, Colonia 2006. ISBN 978-88-86392-48-8
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