Saint Catherine of Alexandria ca. 1475–1525 Workshop of Jan Crocq South Netherlandish Saint Catherine stands over the crouching figure of Emperor Maxentius who ordered fifty pagan philosophers to refute her Christian faith. First tortured on a spiked wheel that was miraculously destroyed by a thunderbolt, Catherine was finally martyred by sculpture is stylistically related to South Netherlandish artist Jan Crocq, who was active in Lorraine at Bar-le-Duc and at Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Workshop of Jan Crocq (South Netherlandish, before 1465–after 1510). French. ca
Saint Catherine of Alexandria ca. 1475–1525 Workshop of Jan Crocq South Netherlandish Saint Catherine stands over the crouching figure of Emperor Maxentius who ordered fifty pagan philosophers to refute her Christian faith. First tortured on a spiked wheel that was miraculously destroyed by a thunderbolt, Catherine was finally martyred by sculpture is stylistically related to South Netherlandish artist Jan Crocq, who was active in Lorraine at Bar-le-Duc and at Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Workshop of Jan Crocq (South Netherlandish, before 1465–after 1510). French. ca. 1475–1525. Limestone with traces of paint. Made in Lorraine, France. Sculpture-Stone
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