The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

c. 1555

Giorgio Ghisi

Artist, Italian, 1520 - 1582

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet (cut within platemark): 32.4 x 25.1 cm (12 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2006.162.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lewis 1985, no. 17

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

George Walker [18th century], Edinburgh (Lugt 1225). Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1985

  • The Engravings of Giorgio Ghisi. Introduction and entries by Suzanne Boorsch; catalogue raisonne by Michal and R.E. Lewis. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985.

Inscriptions

lower center in tablet: FRANCISCVS BOLOGNA / INVEN

Wikidata ID

Q76341295

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