St. Catherine appears here with the palm, symbol of martyrdom, the spiked wheel on which she was tortured, and a book, which alludes to her role as a patron of education. In the flickering candlelight of the church, the billowing folds of her garment would have given her a lifelike presence.
Tino di Camaino, whose works this sculpture resembles, worked on important commissions in many major Italian cities and directed a large workshop of sculptors.
<bdi>Circle of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Tino_di_Camaino" class="extiw" title="w:en:Tino di Camaino"><span title="Italian sculptor">Tino di Camaino</span></a>
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between circa 1320 and circa 1330 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1320-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1330-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Gothic_art" class="extiw" title="w:en:Gothic art"><span title="style of Medieval art developed in Northern France">Gothic art</span></a><div style="display: none;">era QS:P2348,Q46825</div>)
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