What on earth is a 'mystic marriage' and why were they such popular subjects in Renaissance painting?
Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels 15th C
Sano di Pietro (1405/1406–1481) (circle of)
Tempera on gold ground panel
H 47.5 x W 37 cm
Campion Hall, University of Oxford
The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria c.1470
Lazzaro Bastiani (before 1430–1512) (attributed to)
Oil on panel
H 60.5 x W 38 cm
National Trust, Waddesdon Manor
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saint Catherine c.1500
Raffaellino del Garbo (c.1466–1524) (style of)
Oil on panel
H 50 x W 38.5 cm
National Trust, Wightwick Manor
Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Stigmata
Francesco Vanni (1563–1610) (attributed to)
Oil on canvas
H 176.5 x W 137.2 cm
Rochdale Arts & Heritage Service
Saint Catherine of Alexandria probably late 1640s
Bernardo Cavallino (1616–1654/1656)
Oil on canvas
H 71.7 x W 59 cm
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
The Marriage of Saint Catherine 1902
May Louise Greville Cooksey (1878–1943)
Oil on canvas
H 100.3 x W 60.3 cm
Walker Art Gallery
Maria Virgo 1915
May Louise Greville Cooksey (1878–1943)
Oil on board
H 39.5 x W 29.5 cm
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
