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**Saint Catherine of Alexandria**
	painting by Artemisia Gentileschi in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
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Instance of	painting;
Main subject	Catherine of Alexandria;
Depicts	woman and Catherine of Alexandria
Made from material	oil paint; canvas (painting support);
Genre	religious art; historiated portrait;
Location	Nationalmuseum, Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Creator	Artemisia Gentileschi;
Collection	Nationalmuseum; Nationalmuseum (2020–);
Inventory number	NM 7538 (Nationalmuseum);
Inception	c. 1640; 1630s (before 1634, after 1630);
Width	75.5 cm; 75.4 cm;
Height	90.2 cm; 90 cm;
Religion or worldview	Christianity;
Authority file
	Q104875925;
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A Female Saint and Martyr, possibly St. Catherine of Alexandria (Artemisia Gentileschi - Nationalmuseum)

Artist



Description	Italian painter and artist
Date of birth/death	8 July 1593	1653
Location of birth/death	Rome	Naples
Work location	Rome, Florence, Venice, Naples
Authority file	: Q212657 VIAF: 309780277 ISNI: 0000000117766721 ULAN: 500011658 LCCN: n87102497 MusicBrainz: 22b17a10-da61-4415-837f-b94de0645cce WGA: g/gentiles/artemisi Open Library: OL6599608A DBNL: gent021 Oxford Dict.: 10520 GND: 118936794 SELIBR: 209276 SUDOC: 02830330X BNF: 12016677b BIBSYS: 90508666 NKC: jn20000700601 SBN: BVEV000316 BNE: XX1123426 NLP: a0000001279743 KulturNav: 16638ea6-c85a-492b-98be-f9183bf26b50 RKD: 30922 J9U: 987007526528805171 Koninklijke: 074168320 WorldCat

Title

A Female Saint and Martyr (St. Catherine of Alexandria?)

Object type

Genre

Depicted people

Date

circa 1640 / between 1630 and 1634

Medium

Dimensions

height: 90 cm (35.4 in)

; width: 75.4 cm (29.6 in)

Collection

Nationalmuseum

	Native name	Nationalmuseum
	Parent institution	Ministry of Culture of Sweden
	Location	Södra Blasieholmshamnen 2 Stockholm 111 48 Sweden
	Coordinates	59° 19′ 43″ N, 18° 04′ 40″ E
	Established	1792
	Website	www.nationalmuseum.se
	Authority file	: Q842858 VIAF: 156520578 ISNI: 0000000123428905 ULAN: 500234181 LCCN: n80046782 NLA: 35717670 WorldCat

Accession number

Object history

Provenance:

Acquired in Palm Springs, U.S.A. in the early 1940s by a private collector;
By inheritance to his daughter;
By whom sold, anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby’s, 24 April 1995, lot 66;
Anonymous sale (‘Property from a Private Collection’), New York, Christie's, 6 April 2006, lot 247, where acquired by the present owner.
Auction: Sotheby's, London, 4 December 2019, Old Masters Evening Sale (Property from a Private Collection, U.K.), lot 13
acquired by the Nationalmuseum thanks to a donation made by an anonymous donor

References

Category:A Female Saint and Martyr, possibly St. Catherine of Alexandria (Artemisia Gentileschi - Nationalmuseum)