# St Catherine's Disputation [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PINTURICCHIO]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Fresco with gold leaf ## Commentary Although this fresco in the Room of the Saints imitates the decorous poses and disposition of figures seen in the Sistine Chapel frescoes \(Pinturicchio worked as Perugino's assistant in the Sistine Chapel\), the entire surface of the painting is elaborately patterned with different luxurious materials and further adorned with gold. Even the landscape takes on a decorative cast, with trees silhouetted against the sky. Their leaves are speckled with gold and provide both sparks of light on the surface and abstract patterns comparable to those on the costumes of the figures. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Christ Child \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Christ Child]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [Christ among the Doctors \(detail\)]() - [Christ among the Doctors]() - [Death of St Bernardine]() - [Entrance to the Piccolomini Library]() - [Four Enthroned Sibyls]() - [Homage to Pope Eugenius IV in the Name of Emperor Frederick III]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()