The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

1761

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Associated Names
Jean Honoré Fragonard

Artist, French, 1732 - 1806

Veronese

Artist After, Venetian, 1528 - 1588

The image depicts a group of figures positioned in a dynamic composition. The central person, seated, with a baby in her lap, is surrounded by other figures standing or seated on steps. The people have classical facial features and flowing hair, wearing robes or drapery. Above them, cherubic figures hover amidst clouds. The background includes an architectural column, an ascending staircase, and more figures engaged in various activities, such as reading or music.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jacques Dupont, Paris. (Galerie de Bayser, Paris); purchased 2013 by Donald Stone, New York [1942 - 2020]; bequest to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1963

  • Ananoff, Alexandre. "L'Oeuvre Dessine de Jean-Honore Fragonard 1732-1806: Tome III._ (Paris: 1963): 180, no. 1812.

Inscriptions

lower left in black chalk: Paul Veronese Eglise de S.te Catherine / Venise

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