The half-length figure of the saint, her head, with coronet and veil, surrounded by a nimbus. A tiny cross hangs on her forehead. She carries the palm of a martyr and the sword of her execution, and she wears on her left hand the ring of her mystical marriage with christ. She is dressed in a mantle trimmed with fur and a belted gown, with a purse hanging at her right, and is adorned with a necklace and earrings of pearls. Before her is the broken rim of the toothed wheel of her torture. The black background is powdered with stars. At the base is a tablet inscribed in gilding s. Catharina, and the monogram il, with a fleur-de-lys between the two letters. Date: mid 17th century. Place of creation: Limoges, France. Dimensions: height: 10.6 cm (4.1 in); width: 7.4 cm (2.9 in). Medium: painted enamel on copper. Collection: Walters Art Museum.
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