How you can use this image
This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s).
Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.
The collection that owns the artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.
Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.
Buy a print or image licence
You can purchase this reproduction
If you have any products in your basket we recommend that you complete your purchase from Art UK before you leave our site to avoid losing your purchases.
Notes
Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.
The naked child, wrapped in a white cloth, places a ring on Saint Catherine’s finger. Traditionally known as the mystic marriage of Saint Catherine, this was a way of visualising her spiritual union with Christ. Behind Saint Barbara is her symbol: the tower in which she was imprisoned.
This is one of the rare surviving examples of a Renaissance painting done on cloth rather than wooden panel; although many such paintings were made, they were extremely fragile.
Title
The Virgin and Child with Saints Barbara and Catherine
Date
probably about 1515-25
Medium
Glue on linen
Measurements
H 92.7 x W 110 cm
Accession number
NG3664
Acquisition method
Presented by Charles Bridger Orme Clarke, 1922
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
-
Christ as Redeemer Campion Hall, University of Oxford -
The Virgin and Child with Angels The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) -
Portrait of a Man National Galleries of Scotland: National -
Desiderius Erasmus (1469–1536) The Wallace Collection -
The Virgin and Child with Saints Barbara and Catherine The National Gallery, London -
An Old Woman ('The Ugly Duchess') The National Gallery, London -
The Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Four Angels The National Gallery, London - 13 more