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Andrea Ferrucci: Saint Catherine of Alexandria   (  )
Artist	Andrea Ferrucci  (1465–1526)     Alternative names Andrea da Fiesole; Andrea di Piero Ferrucci Description Italian sculptor Date of birth/death 1465  1526  Location of birth/death Fiesole Florence Authority file : Q601850 VIAF: 77247202 ISNI: 0000000117714999 LCCN: no2003045622 GND: 124406114 SUDOC: 069153000 WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q601850
Title	Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Description	English: Saint Catherine of Alexandria (Egypt) was a noblewoman, who, in the early 4th century, challenged the pagan Roman emperor with her faith in Christ. The emperor ordered her to be executed on a spiked wheel, but it miraculously broke, and he had her beheaded instead. She is identified here by the broken wheel with iron spikes. Ferrucci, master sculptor of the cathedral of Florence, left the back of the statue unfinished, indicating that it was to be placed in a niche or in front of a wall as part of an architectural setting. The drapery covers Catherine's body in a way that reveals its underlying form, and the gracefully elongated proportions, as in her neck, are characteristic of the 16th-century ideal of female beauty. The orange stain on her chest is from an iron necklace (that had rusted) that is now lost.
Date	circa 1515 date QS:P571,+1515-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (Renaissance era QS:P2348,Q4692 )
Medium	marble and iron
Dimensions	H: 108 cm (42.5 in)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	27.579
Place of creation	Naples, Italy
Object history	Heim Gallery, Ltd., London [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [no. 16] Walters Art Museum, September 1970, by purchase
Credit line	Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. and A. P. Fund, 1970
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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