Mystische Vermählung der Heiligen Katharina, ca. 1525

Title

Mystische Vermählung der Heiligen Katharina

Draughtsman

• Michelangelo Anselmi ?

Recto

Sitting Madonna with child

Production Place

• Parma

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk?
• coal?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pencil drawing
• charcoal drawing?
• chalk drawing?
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Parmesan

Production Reason

• figure study
• composition study

Captions Added Later

Verso auf dem Montierungsbogen unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Einfacher Ast mit elf Stümpfen [zu zentralem Bindedraht schrägstehend]

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Mary
• Christ Child
• Catherine of Alexandria (saint)

Primary

• 11HH(CATHERINE)34 the mystic marriage of St. Catherine of Alexandria with the infant Christ: the Christ-child puts a ring on her finger

Historic Attribution

• Italian draughtsman
• Correggio draughtsman