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| Keywords: Jean Limosin II - St Catherine of Alexandria - Walters 44276.jpg The half-length figure of the saint her head with coronet and veil surrounded by a nimbus A tiny cross hangs on her forehead She carries the palm of a martyr and the sword of her execution and she wears on her left hand the ring of her mystical marriage with Christ She is dressed in a mantle trimmed with fur and a belted gown with a purse hanging at her right and is adorned with a necklace and earrings of pearls Before her is the broken rim of the toothed wheel of her torture The black background is powdered with stars At the base is a tablet inscribed in gilding S CATHARINA and the monogram IL with a fleur-de-lys between the two letters middle Other date century 17 technique painted enamel copper cm 10 6 7 4 accession number 44 276 11704 Montagu Edmond Parker date and mode of acquisition unknown Albert Edward Parker third Earl of Morley date of acquisition unknown by inheritance Sale London July 13 1897 lot 47 George Robinson Harding London date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Jean Limosin II Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Black and white reproductions of paintings in color Paintings of Christian saints holding swords Paintings of Christian saints holding the martyr's palm Purses in art Fur garments in art Fur fashion in 1650 | ||||
