Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (Veronese, 1575)

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine is a c.1575 oil on canvas painting by Paolo Veronese, produced as the high altarpiece for Santa Caterina church in Venice. It remained there until the First World War, during which it was moved to its present home in the city's Gallerie dell'Accademia[1]

Detail

Paolo Veronese, Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, 1571, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

It shows the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, a subject repeatedly returned to by the artist, such as in a c.1547-1550 work by the artist. It is one of the most successful variants on Titian's 1519-1526 Pesaro Altarpiece for Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, also in Venice, using the same asymmetric diagonal composition with the Madonna and Child in a stepped throne to the left of centre. A pair of Corinthian columns behind the throne represent the pillars of the faith.

References

(in French) Giovanni Nepi Scirè, Les Galeries de l'Accademia de Venise catalogue général, Electa, 2009 (ISBN 978-88-370-6474-7), p.90

Paolo Veronese
Paintings	The Conversion of Mary Magdalene (1545–1548) Bevilacqua-Lazise Altarpiece (1548) Lament over the Dead Christ (c. 1548) Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (New Haven; c. 1547–1550) Minerva between Geometry and Arithmetic (1550) Portrait of Iseppo da Porto and his son Adriano (c. 1555) Annunciation (c. 1556) Portrait of a Gentleman in a Fur (c. 1550–1560) Portrait of a Young Man Wearing Lynx Fur (1560) Christ among the Doctors (c. 1560) La Bella Nani (c. 1560) Saint John the Baptist Preaching (c. 1562) Venus and Adonis (Augsburg; 1562) Holy Family with Saint Catherine and Saint John the Baptist (c. 1562–1565) The Wedding at Cana (1563) Petrobelli altarpiece (c. 1563) Allegory of Virtue and Vice (c. 1565) Allegory of Wisdom and Strength (c. 1565) The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (Turin; c. 1565 The Martyrdom of Saint George (1566) Portrait of Daniele Barbaro (c. 1556–1567) The Family of Darius before Alexander (1565–1570) Resurrection of the Widow of Nain's Son (1565–1570) Madonna and Child with Saints (c. 1565–1570) The Allegory of Love (c. 1570) The Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (Milan; 1570) Venus and Mars (1570s) Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo (1571–1572) Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto (c. 1572) Adoration of the Magi (1573) The Feast in the House of Levi (1573) The Martyrdom of Saint Justina (c. 1570–1575) Bathsheba at her Bath (1575) Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (Venice; c. 1575) Judith with the Head of Holofernes (1575–1580) Mars and Venus with Cupid and a Dog (c. 1580) Susannah and the Elders (c. 1580) Venus and Adonis (Madrid; 1580) Cephalus and Procris (c. 1580–1584) Saint Anthony Preaching to the Fish (c. 1580–1585) Lucretia (c. 1585) Duke of Buckingham series (1590s) The Finding of Moses (Dijon, Dresden, Liverpool ✻, Lyon, Madrid, Smith collection, Turin ✻, Washington)
Related	Benedetto Caliari (brother) Gabriele Caliari (son) Carlo Caliari (son)
✻ attributed to Veronese's studio

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