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Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (Moretto)

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Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (c. 1543) by Moretto da Brescia

Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine is an oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, executed c. 1543, on display on a side altar in the Church of San Clemente in Brescia.[1] In the upper register are Catherine of Alexandria, the Madonna and Child and Catherine of Siena, whilst below are Paul and Jerome.[2]

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  1. ^ (in Italian) Adolfo Venturi, Storia dell'arte italiana, volume IX, La pittura del Cinquecento, Milano 1929, p.187-191
  2. ^ (in Italian) Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, Alessandro Bonvicino – Il Moretto da Brescia, Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 1988, p.386