After Antonio Correggio the Mystic Marriage of St Catherine Painting

Name: After Antonio Correggio the Mystic Marriage of St Catherine Painting
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1069212
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Antiques Decorative (Sussex)

Description

This very good quality late 18th-century / early 19th-century copy is from a much-copied painting in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples by Correggio.

This painting is very similar in style to the larger painting of Stourhead House by Antonio Cavallucci 1752 -1895

Copies of this famous painting also exist in the Hermitage Museum in Russia and the Philadelphia Museum of Art

According to legend, Saint Catherine of Alexander dreamt she became Christ’s spiritual bride. Most depictions show the infant Christ placing a ring on a saint’s finger, but in our picture, the interaction of the figures is limited to tender gestures and eye contact Medium Oil on canvas

Condition Report

Relined canvas and restored in the 1970s. spider web craquelure throughtout the picture. Little over paint in the sky, hand. The frame is from the 1970s and has a few minor losses. Please photos.

Physical Dimensions

Height

47cm (18.50")

Width

38cm (14.96")

Declaration

Antiques Decorative (Sussex) has dated this piece to the 1800s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1069212

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Description

This very good quality late 18th-century / early 19th-century copy is from a much-copied painting in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples by Correggio.

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This painting is very similar in style to the larger painting of Stourhead House by Antonio Cavallucci 1752 -1895.

Antiques Decorative (Sussex)

fig 1. After Antonio Correggio The Mystic Marriage Of St Catherine painting — fig 1. After Antonio Correggio the Mystic Marriage of St Catherine Painting

Copies of this famous painting also exist in the Hermitage Museum in Russia and the Philadelphia Museum of Art

According to legend, Saint Catherine of Alexander dreamt she became Christ’s spiritual bride. Most depictions show the infant Christ placing a ring on a saint’s finger, but in our picture, the interaction of the figures is limited to tender gestures and eye contact Medium Oil on canvas

fig 2. After Antonio Correggio The Mystic Marriage Of St Catherine painting — fig 2. After Antonio Correggio the Mystic Marriage of St Catherine Painting

Condition Report

Relined canvas and restored in the 1970s. spider web craquelure throughtout the picture. Little over paint in the sky, hand. The frame is from the 1970s and has a few minor losses. Please photos.