Saint Catherine of Siena Dictating Her Dialogues
Date15th Century
Object PlaceSiena, Italy, Southern Europe, Europe
MediumTempera on panel
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions11 3/8 × 11 3/8 inches (28.89 × 28.89 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund, Joseph H. Boyer Memorial Fund, Building Endowment Fund, Benson and Edith Ford Fund, Henry Ford II Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Alvan Macauley, Jr. Fund, Laura H. Murphy Fund, Mary Martin Semmes Fund, Edna B. Skelton Fund and General Endowment Fund
Object number66.15
DescriptionInterior with Saint Catherine dictating her dialogues. In the immediate foreground is a double arch with center colonette halving the composition. At the right, St. Catherine, wearing a black robe over a white shift, kneels with arms crossed over her breast. At the left, a monk seated at a desk writes in an open book. At the upper left is a half length figure of Christ in benediction with six cherubim.On View
Not on view
1510/1514
15th Century
c. 1480
19th Century
1912
17th/18th Century
1475/1480
c. 1435
c. 1470
c. 1730