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R
ichard Philp Gallery
English (Nottingham)
St Catherine
c. 1390
Alabaster
20 in x 10 in
St Catherine of Alexandria (4th century) is the patroness of philosophers, students, and preachers. She was condemned to death, and put on a wheel, but the wheel miraculously broke.
This large and impressive sculpture is carved in Nottingham alabaster, a soft stone material with a translucent surface. These sculptures were normally executed in large workshops of sculptors and exported throughout England and Europe.
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