Caterina Cornaro as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, by Titian
Category
Photographs
Date
1851 - 1870
Materials
Paper
Measurements
248 x 168 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520700.31
Summary
An albumen print photograph of a painting in portrait format. The print is mounted on an album page of heavy white card. The painting is the Santa Caterina, or Caterina Cornaro as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, by Titian. Printed on the photo at the bottom is "2168. FIRENZE - Galleria Uffizi - Caterina Cornaro rappresentata come Santa Caterina; Tiziano Vecellio."
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986