The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (after Correggio)
Antonio Cavallucci (Sermoneta 1752 - Rome 1795)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1770 - 1795
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1365 x 1047 mm (53 3/4 x 41 1/4 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 732135
Caption
The visual depiction of the mystic betrothal of the Infant Jesus to Catherine came from words given to her in The Golden Legend by Jacopo de Voragine in the 13th century. Here the Christ Child, sitting in the Virgin’s lap in a hilly landscape setting, is giving St Catherine a ring, guided by his mother. She is kneeling, holding her martyr’s palm, and the spiked wheel on which she was tortured, and the sword with which she was finally beheaded by the pagan Emperor Maxentius around AD310, lie between them This is an early expanded copy from a much-copied smaller painting in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples by Correggio.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine by Antonio Cavallucci (Sermoneta 1752 - Rome 1795), after Correggio (Correggio c.1489 - Correggio 1534) whose original smaller painting is in the Galleria Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples. The Madonna seated on the ground, at the left, holds the Christ Child and guides the ring which is he is holding towards Catherine of Alexandria who is kneeling opposite with her left hand extended out. The group sit in a landscape; Saint Catherine holds a martyr’s palm and her attribute the sword of execution lies next to the spiked wheel of her torture in front of her in the right foreground.
Provenance
Acquired by Richard Colt Hoare 2nd Bt (1758 – 1838) either between 1785-87 or 1788-9, in Stourhead House by 1800; given to the National Trust along with the house, its grounds, and the rest of contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Credit line
Stourhead, The Hoare Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
On back of stretcher and frame: In red paint on back of stretcher and frame: 056
Makers and roles
Antonio Cavallucci (Sermoneta 1752 - Rome 1795), artist after Correggio (Correggio c.1489 – Correggio 1534), artist