Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
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St Catherine
Bequeathed by Mrs Emily Toms in memory of her father, Joseph Kershaw 1931
adults
art and craft
artist, painter
arts and entertainment
branch
clothing and personal items
drawing
dress
easel
fine arts and music
flower
group
groups
halo
history
interiors
leisure and pastimes
man
martyr
martyrdom - palm
model
named individuals
objects
painting
painting
painting materials
palm
people
period: Middle Ages
plants and flowers
politics and society
religion and belief
religious
Saints
Siddal, Elizabeth Eleanor
society
St Catherine of Alexandria
St Catherine of Alexandria - palm branch
St Catherine of Alexandria - wheel
studio
studio assistant
symbols and personifications
transport: land
universal religious imagery
wheel
woman
work and occupations
workspaces
<p>This painting shows a medieval artist in his studio painting a model posing as St Catherine. She holds a palm branch which symbolises her martyrdom and a wheel, the instrument of torture on which she was killed. The picture’s brilliant colour and claustrophobic space are reminiscent of medieval manuscripts and stained-glass windows.During the 1850s Rossetti focused on producing watercolours which he sold privately to individual collectors. This picture is the only oil painting he completed at this time.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2007</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
21 January 2002 – 21 September 2002
2002-09-21
21 January 2002 – 21 September 2002
2002-09-21
2002-01-21
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-01-21
Rossetti and Medievalism
Collection based display
1 October 2003 – 30 April 2004
2004-04-30
17 October 2003 – 18 January 2004
2004-01-18
2003-10-17
Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
27 February 2004 – 6 April 2004
2004-04-06
2004-02-27
Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/
2003-10-01
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Loan-out
1 August 2005 – 30 July 2007
2007-07-30
1 August 2005
2005-08-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-08-01
The Pre-Raphaelites
Collection based display
12 September 2012 – 31 January 2014
2014-01-31
10 June 2013 – 22 September 2013
2013-09-22
2013-06-10
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow, Russia)
25 January 2014 – 6 April 2014
2014-04-06
2014-01-25
Mori Arts Centre (Tokyo, Japan)
19 April 2014 – 13 July 2014
2014-07-13
2014-04-19
Palazzo Chiablese (Turin, Italy)
2012-09-12
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde
Exhibition
17 February 2013 – 31 August 2014
2014-08-31
10 June 2013 – 13 October 2013
2013-10-13
2013-06-10
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow, Russia)
25 January 2014 – 6 April 2014
2014-04-06
2014-01-25
Mori Arts Centre (Tokyo, Japan)
19 April 2014 – 13 July 2014
2014-07-13
2014-04-19
Palazzo Chiablese (Turin, Italy)
2013-02-17
Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde
Loan-out
1 February 2020 – 6 November 2020
2020-11-06
1 February 2020 – 6 November 2020
2020-11-06
2020-02-01
Bowes Museum (Barnard Castle, UK)
http://www.bowesmuseum.org.uk
2020-02-01
Pre-Raphaelite Knights: Re inventing the medieval world in Victorian Britain
Loan-out
24 September 2021 – 9 January 2022
2022-01-09
24 September 2021 – 9 January 2022
2022-01-09
2021-09-24
Holburne Museum of Art (Bath, UK)
http://www.bath.ac.uk/Holburne/
2021-09-24
Rossetti's Portraits
Loan-out
6 April 2023 – 24 September 2023
2023-09-24
6 April 2023 – 24 September 2023
2023-09-24
2023-04-06
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
21 October 2023 – 28 January 2024
2024-01-28
2023-10-21
Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, USA)
2023-04-06
The Rossettis
Exhibition
1 October 2023 – 31 January 2024
2024-01-31
1 October 2023 – 31 January 2024
2024-01-31
2023-10-01
Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, USA)
2023-10-01
Rossetti
Loan-out
St Catherine
support: 345 × 250 × 15 mm
frame: 518 × 422 × 42 mm
Bequeathed by Mrs Emily Toms in memory of her father, Joseph Kershaw 1931
<p>This painting shows a medieval artist in his studio painting a model posing as St Catherine. She holds a palm branch which symbolises her martyrdom and a wheel, the instrument of torture on which she was killed. The picture’s brilliant colour and claustrophobic space are reminiscent of medieval manuscripts and stained-glass windows.During the 1850s Rossetti focused on producing watercolours which he sold privately to individual collectors. This picture is the only oil painting he completed at this time.</p>

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