1962.135: Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1962.135

People

Girolamo Romanino, Italian (Brescia 1484/87 - 1562)
Previously attributed to Altobello Melone, Italian (c. 1480/5 - c. 1540)

Title

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

early 16th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Lombardy, Brescia

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/228627

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

66 × 52.1 cm (26 × 20 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mrs. C. C. Felton in memory of her husband, C. C. Felton and his brother, Thomas Cary Felton

Accession Year

1962

Object Number

1962.135

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 140 [as by Altobello Melone]
• Marco Tanzi, "Novità e revisioni per Altobello Melone e Gianfrancesco Bembo", Ricerche di Storia dell'arte (1982), no. 17, pp. 49-56, pp. 53-54, repr. in b/w as fig. 5
• Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)
• Jochen Sander, Italienische Gemälde im Städel 1300-1550: Oberitalien, die Marken un Rom, Verlag Philipp von Zabern (Mainz am Rhein, Germany, 2004), pp. 175-177, repr. in b/w as abb. 163

Exhibition History

• Art of the Renaissance in Lombardy, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/28/1988 - 07/24/1988

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