Saint Catherine’s Body Carried by the Angels
Technical Details
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Title
Saint Catherine’s Body Carried by the Angels -
Author
Bernardino Luini -
Year
c. 1514 -
Dimensions
cm 123 x 228 -
Inventory
50 -
Room
X
Gerolamo Rabia, an aristocrat fond of literature, the ancient world and architecture, commissioned Luini to decorate several rooms in Villa Pelucca, which still exists but is now an old people’s home. This fresco stood over the door of a chapel dedicated to St. Catherine. Much admired for its simple purity and beloved of English art critic John Ruskin in the 19th century, it depicts angels bearing the saint’s body from Alexandria to Mount Sinai after her martyrdom.
