XVII – XVIII secolo

17th - 18th century

Saint Catherine and Saint Dominic

Pair of wooden sculptures, cm h 18 (without base cm h 17) and cm h 22 (without base cm h 21)

The present wooden sculptures depict Saint Catherine and Saint Dominic. The iconography of Saint Catherine sees her portrayed with the wheel of martyrdom to which she was submitted to Alexandria in 305 A.D. According to tradition, Catherine was an Egyptian girl, the Golden Legend specifies that she was a daughter of King Costa and that she grew up educated from childhood in liberal arts. Caterina is asked for as a bride by many men, but after she saw in her dream the Madonna with the Child who put the ring on her finger, she became a nun. The history of martyrdom began with the great celebrations that the emperor celebrated in his own honor in Alexandria, Catherine presented herself to the palace in the midst of pagan celebrations with animal sacrifices and which were forced to participate even many Christians, for fear of persecution. Catherine refused the sacrifices and asked the emperor to recognize Jesus Christ as the redeemer of humanity, arguing her thesis with philosophical depth. The emperor, impressed by both the beauty and the culture of the young noble, summoned a group of rhetoricians to convince her to honor the gods, even asking for marriage. However, thanks to the eloquence of the young woman, not only did they not convert her, but they themselves were readily impressed by Christianity. The emperor therefore ordered the death of all the rhetoricians and, after the umpteenth refusal of Catherine, she was also sentenced to death by means of a toothed wheel. However, the instrument of torture and condemnation was broken and the emperor was forced to have the saint beheaded, from whose head spilled milk, symbol of her purity.

The object is in good condition

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