Attributes & Emblems
Virgin Martyrs: Catherine's Wheel and the Palm
Virgin martyrs carrying the instrument that killed them: Catherine's wheel, Barbara's tower, Lucy's eyes, Agnes's lamb.
44 paintings of saints, dated 1470–1921. Painters with the most works here: Domenico Beccafumi (4), Caravaggio (3) and Lorenzo Lotto (3).
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The Ecstasy of Saint CatherineAgostino CarracciFrom$350
Saint Cecilia as a Lute PlayerArtemisia GentileschiFrom$350
Saint Catherine of Alexandria (presumed self-portrait)Barbara LonghiFrom$350
Saint BarbaraBartholomeus SprangerFrom$350
The Mystic Marriage of Saint CatherineBartolome Esteban MurilloFrom$350
Young Woman as Saint CatherineBartolomeo VenetoFrom$350
Saint CatherineBernardino LuiniFrom$350
Saint Catherine of AlexandriaBernardo StrozziFrom$350
Saint Catherine of AlexandriaCaravaggioFrom$350
Burial of Saint LucyCaravaggioFrom$350
Martyrdom of Saint UrsulaCaravaggioFrom$350
Saints Anthony and LuciaCarlo CrivelliFrom$350
Flower garland with Saint CatherineDaniel SeghersFrom$350
Saint CatherineDante Gabriel RossettiFrom$350
The Miraculous Communion of Saint Catherine of SienaDomenico BeccafumiFrom$350
Saint Catherine of Siena receiving the stigmata between Saints Benedict and Jerome (detail)Domenico BeccafumiFrom$350
The Mystical Marriage of Saint CatherineDomenico BeccafumiFrom$350
Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the StigmataDomenico BeccafumiFrom$350
Stigmatization of Saint Catherine of SienaEduardo RosalesFrom$350
Saint UrsulaFrancisco de ZurbaranFrom$350
Saint Cecilia of RomeFrançois-Joseph NavezFrom$350
The Martyrdom of Saint CatherineGaspar de CrayerFrom$350
Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of AlexandriaGuido ReniFrom$350
The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula and her companions at Cologne, from The Reliquary of St. UrsulaHans MemlingFrom$350
The Departure of Saint Ursula from Basle, panel from The Reliquary of St. UrsulaHans MemlingFrom$350
Saint AgnesJacek MalczewskiFrom$350
Saint CeciliaJohn William WaterhouseFrom$350
Altar polyptych of San Bartolomeo, Bergamo, main panel: Enthroned Madonna with Angels and Saints - Alexander of Bergamo, Barbara, Roch, DominicLorenzo LottoFrom$350
Enthroned Madonna with Angels and Saints, St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Augustine on the left, St. Sebastian and St. Anthony the Abbot on the rightLorenzo LottoFrom$350
Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Catherine of SienaLorenzo LottoFrom$350
The Roman Empress Faustina Visiting Saint Catherine of Alexandria in PrisonMattia PretiFrom$350
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine with Saint Joseph in attendanceOnorio MarinariFrom$350
Saint CatherineOnorio MarinariFrom$350
Saints Cecilia, Valerianus and TiburtiusOrazio GentileschiFrom$350
Saint Cecilia Playing the SpinnetOrazio GentileschiFrom$350
Holy Family with Saints Catherine of Alexandria and John the BaptistPalma VecchioFrom$350
The Marriage of Saint CatherinePaolo VeroneseFrom$350
The Martyrdom and Last Communion of Saint LucyPaolo VeroneseFrom$350
Mystic Marriage of Saint CatherineParmigianinoFrom$350
Saint Catherine with a LilyPlautilla NelliFrom$350
Virgin and Child, Saint Catherine and Saint BarbaraQuentin MatsysFrom$350
St. Cecilia with Saints (detail)RaphaelFrom$350
Saint ApolloniaSassoferratoFrom$350
Saint CeciliaSebastiano ConcaFrom$350
The virgin martyrs carry the instrument of their own death: Catherine the spiked wheel, Barbara the tower she was shut in, Agnes a lamb for her name, Lucy her eyes on a dish, Apollonia the pincers that took her teeth, Cecilia an organ. The palm branch is common to all of them and marks martyrdom itself. In a group of saints the palm tells you what happened; the object tells you to whom.