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| Keywords: Flemish - Part of an Altarpiece with Three Scenes from the Life of Saint Catherine - Walters 372486.jpg Catherine of Alexandria was one of the most popular saints in medieval western Europe Legend describes her as a wise and beautiful virgin of noble birth who was executed for being a Christian This image and its two associated panels Walters 37 2487 and 37 2488 show Catherine confronting the Roman emperor converting the learned pagans who were supposed to disprove her Christian beliefs and with the help of the Holy Spirit confounding a second group of scholars sent to visit her in prison The panels were once part of a triptych placed behind a church altar where the entire story of Catherine's martyrdom was illustrated ca 1480 Late Medieval oil on panel cm 20 7 15 2 Framed cm 25 4 20 32 2 86 accession number 37 2486 27654 Leopold Blumka New York prior to 1943 by purchase Dr R Walter Graham Jr Baltimore 1971 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Dr R Walter Graham Jr 1972 Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces in Miniature The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 Time Sanctified The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Museum of Biblical Art New York; Colby College Museum of Art Waterville; Joslyn Art Museum Omaha 2008-2009 From Van Eyck to Dürer Artistic Exchanges between the Netherlands and Centeral Eastern and Northern Europe c 1420-1530 Groeningemuseum Brugge 2010-2011 place of origin Flanders Belgium Walters Art Museum license 2D Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Flemish paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Paintings of Saint Catherine of Alexandria Triptych Altarpiece with Scenes from the Life of Saint Catherine | ||||
