Saint Catherine of Siena as Spiritual Mother of the Second and Third Orders of Saint Dominic
About this artwork
St Catherine, enthroned, wears the black and white robes of the Dominican Order. The white lilies symbolise her purity and the fact she flattens the devil underfoot signals her goodness. St Lawrence and St Dominic are on the left and St Peter Martyr and St Raphael, with the young Tobias, to the right. St Catherine of Siena was the first Dominican nun and here she presents a book of the Dominican Rule to one kneeling group of figures and a scroll of regulations to another. The altarpiece may have been painted for St Catherine's convent, Florence, where three of Cosimo Rosselli's nieces were nuns.
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artist:Cosimo RosselliItalian (1439 - 1507)
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title:Saint Catherine of Siena as Spiritual Mother of the Second and Third Orders of Saint Dominic
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date created:About 1499 - 1500
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materials:Tempera and gold on panel
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measurements:Image: 157.70 x 163.50 cm; Panel: 170.00 x 171.50 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1911
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accession number:NG 1030
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Cosimo Rosselli
Cosimo Rosselli
Cosimo Rosselli came from a large Florentine family of artists and architects. He trained in the busy and prosperous workshop of Neri di Bicci and produced altarpieces and frescoes. He was summoned to Rome from Florence in 1481 to contribute to the fresco decoration on the walls of the Sistine...
