CC0 · no rights reserved
Saint Catherine with a Kneeling Male Donor
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This panel was originally part of a much larger composition. Saint Catherine stands behind a donor, a cleric, who faces a missing scene representing either the Crucifixion or the standing Virgin, which would have formed the object of the donor’s devotion. In the lower right corner an inscription identifies the donor as rector de Melle, a clergyman in charge of the parish of the town of Melle in western France. The panel must have been commissioned for a church in this town with which the donor was affiliated. A scroll near the donor reads Miserere mei deus (God have mercy on me).
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSaint Catherine with a Kneeling Male Donor, 1400s. France, Poitou, Melle, 15th century. Pot metal, white glass with silver stain; overall: 158.7 x 49.2 cm (62 1/2 x 19 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1921.106
Similar works
Saint Michael and a Donor
Saint Servatius Crushing a Dragon, with Saint Michael Weighing Souls below (from a series with The Virgin Mary and Five Standing Saints)
Saint Catherine with the Wheel and Sword, and with the Arms the Cooper’s Guild below (from a series with The Virgin Mary and Five Standing Saints)
Stained Glass Panel with Female Donor
Stained Glass Panel with Male Donor
Saint Barbara