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St Jerome and St Catherine of Alexandria, Bruges or Brussels, c. 1480-1490
Also titled De heilige Hiëronymus en de heilige Catharina van Alexandria
c. 1480 - c. 1490
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint), oak (wood)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 84.5 cm x width 61 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Broere Charitable Foundation
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, 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
About this work
Jerome and Catherine sit on a grass-covered bench before some rose bushes. The two saints can be identified by their attributes: Jerome with the lion, and Catherine with the sword and the broken wheel. Catherine was the daughter of a king and served as a role model for wealthy courtly ladies. The costly heartshaped book she holds probably contains profane love songs. Are we looking at a portrait?
