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Painting of a young woman in a green mantle and patterned gown, holding a palm frond and resting her hand on a spiked wheel before a red and blue background.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Renaissance painting

A young woman with a pale headscarf and a long-stemmed palm frond rests her hand on a spiked wheel, her green mantle draped over a richly patterned red-gold gown. Behind her, a red panel frames a distant blue landscape with hills and water, in oil on panel.

Artist
attributed to Francesco Zaganelli di Bosio
Date
1500-1530
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2937 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1530.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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