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Saint Catherine 1614

The legendary Saint Catherine was widely renowned for her learning and wisdom, so much so that the Roman emperor Maxentius wanted her to be his wife. Her Christian faith was so strong that she refused the pagan ruler; in retaliation, he ordered that she be tortured. Catherine was bound to a spiked wheel, but freed when a thunderbolt from heaven shattered it. In this painti...

Size:: 100.5 x 63.8 cm (39 9/16 x 25 1/8 in.)
Medium:: Oil on Canvas
Credit:: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
More:: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/saint-catherine-35482

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