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An unidentified Franciscan friar kneels in veneration before the Virgin and Child. The Virgin looks down at him and touches the top of his head. Christ, sitting on her knee, holds a flower and raises his right hand in blessing.Saint Catherine, holding the wheel on which she was tortured and the palm that shows she is a martyr, stands watching in the middle distance near a huge ruined classical building, which symbolises the triumph of Christianity over the paganism of the classical world. Christ’s flower seems to have been picked from the plant growing over the ruins. On the left, the stumps of felled trees send up new shoots, referring to the life-giving force of Christ and his triumph over death.This painting is similar to another by Previtali now in Wadsworth Atheneum (Hartford, Connecticut).
Title
The Virgin and Child with a Tonsured Supplicant and Saint Catherine
Date
about 1505-6
Medium
Oil on wood
Measurements
H 53.3 x W 69.2 cm
Accession number
NG695
Acquisition method
Bought, 1862
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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