# St Catherine of Alexandria [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GENTILESCHI, Artemisia]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 76 x 60 cm ## Commentary The painting represents St Catherine of Alexandria, holding the palm of her martyrdom in one hand and her book in the other which she props up on the spiked wheel \(an instrument of her martyrdom\). It was probably executed during the artist's second sojourn in Naples, from 1641-1652. The pose of the saint shows an awareness of the paintings by Ribera, for example his <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/ribera/1/jerome.html'\)" HREF="/html/r/ribera/1/jerome.html">St Jerome</A> in the Doria Pamphilj collection in Rome. ## Related artworks - [Bathsheba at her Bath]() - [Bathsheba]() - [Birth of St John the Baptist]() - [Clio, the Muse of History]() - [Danaë \(detail\)]() - [Danaë]() - [Jael and Sisera]() - [Judith and Her Maidservant]() - [Judith Beheading Holofernes \(detail\)]() - [Judith Beheading Holofernes]() - [Judith Beheading Holofernes]() - [Judith Beheading Holofernes]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()