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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Giovanni di Paolo Creator Nationality: European; Southern European; Italian Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1884 - 1920 - 1482 - 1482 Gender: M Creator Name-CRT: Giovanni di Paolo Title: St. Catherine of Siena Invested with the Dominican Habit Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1460 Creation End Date: 1469 Creation Date: 1460s Object Type: Paintings Materials and Techniques: tempera and gold on wood Dimensions: Unframed: 28.9cm x 23cm AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1966.2 Credit Line: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html Provenance: S. Maria della Scala, Siena. Johann Anton Ramboux, Cologne (bought in Siena, c. 1838), Cologne sale 1867). Hohenzollern family, Sigmaringen (sold 1920). Adolphe Stoclet, Brussels (1921, sold 1966). (R. Heinemann, New York, 1966). Context: Saint Catherine (1347-1380) was the daughter of a prosperous Sienese cloth dyer. At the age of six, she saw a vision of Christ and thereafter dedicated herself to chastity, penance, and good works. She became extremely popular in Siena when she selflessly cared for the sick and dying victims of the bubonic plague, known as the Black Death.These two panels were part of the predella (or pedestal) of a large altarpiece painted for the Hospital Church of Siena. The main scene of this altarpiece, showing the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (now preserved in Siena) was ordered by the Pork-butchers Guild (the Pizzicaiuoli) in 1447. The predella was added later when Catherine was canonized in 1461. In the first panel Catherine kneels before an altar and reaches up to choose from the monastic garments offered by Saints Dominic, Augustine, and Francis, all founders of religious orders. Catherine takes the habit of Saint Dominic, which she wore as the founder of the Sisters of Penance. The second panel shows, at the right, Saint Catherine giving her cloak to a threadbare beggar. The beggar was really Christ in disguise, and at theleft he returns the cloak to her. For this act of charity, the cloak perpetually protected its wearer from the cold. AMICA ID: CMA_.1966.2 AMICA Library Year: 2000 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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