Saint Catherine in the Clouds

c. 1620

Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Associated Names
Sir Peter Paul Rubens

Artist, Flemish, 1577 - 1640

The image shows a person standing upright. They are looking slightly upwards with their head turned to the left. The person has curly hair and a determined expression. They are wearing flowing garments that appear to be moving, and are holding a feather in their left hand and a sword in their right hand pointed towards the ground. The background is simple, with radiant lines behind the person's head.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.2 × 19.8 cm (11 1/2 × 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 34.5 × 22.3 cm (13 9/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1973.22.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 1, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1974

  • NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 111.

1983

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 1983.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, at lower left: P. Paul Rubens fecit.; at bottom left, in graphite, in later hand: su/k/5; at bottom center, in brown ink, in later hand: S. Catharina; verso: at lower left, in graphite, in later hand: IVAL / J.CSS.2CI 590.35; along bottom, in graphite, in later hand: GB? from the Marmaduke Constable Maxwell / Lord Herries Collection / MS-

Markings

none

Watermarks

to identify

Wikidata ID

Q65577575

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