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The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The Holy Catherine kneels on the ground. An executioner draws his sword to behead her. Two angels fly in with a cloth ready to catch her head. In the background the wheel, destroyed by a lightning bolt before Catherine could be tortured on it. Print is part of an album.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineMartelaarschap van de H. Catharina. 1500 - 1536. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
