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Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Artist: Carlo Dolci, Italian, Florence, 1616–1687
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
ca. 1656
Oil on canvas
72.5 x 61 cm (28 9/16 x 24 in.)
Robert Lehman Foundation Acquisition Fund for Early European and Modern and Contemporary Art
2017.141.1
Culture:
Italian, Florentine
Period:
17th century
Classification:
Paintings
Status:
On view
Provenance:
The Earls Spencer, Althorp, Northamptonshire, by 1835 but probably from before 1780; by descent to John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924-1992); Colnaghi, London; Sir John Pope-Hennessy (1913-1994), Florence, from 1986; Michael Mallon, Paris
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2018.pdf (accessed December 1, 2018).
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
