This painting displays a woman standing upright, turned towards the left. The woman holds a sword vertically, with one hand on the hilt, the long blade pointed downward. She has long blonde hair that falls past her shoulders under an intricate crown. She has fair skin, pale, arched eyebrows, round eyes, and small red lips, and her facial expression is neutral. She wears a red robe over a red dress with a black belt at the waist and a faint pattern of flowers and vines. By her feet appears to be a broken piece of curved wood with thin spokes pointing upward, similar to a broken piece of a…
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Saint Catherine [right wing exterior]

painter Master of the Starck Triptych (German, active c. 1480 - c. 1495)

c. 1480/1490

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 66 x 23.5 cm (26 x 9 1/4 in.)
Culture
German
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-R
Credit line
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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