Title

Stole with the Martyrdom of St. Catherine

Caption

Stole with the Martyrdom of St. Catherine, German, ca. 1200. Catherine debates the merits of Christianity with the pagan emperor, Maxentius, she is tortured on his wheel of fortune.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM20B09_043

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,9Mb (6,6Mb) / 16,5in x 7,3in / 4960 x 2179 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany close up people religious German country religion monarch clothes museum color king decoration decorative royal medieval dress saint location century rhineland textiles clothing royalty textile artefact legend TORTURE close-up artifact embroidery stole decorative arts Colour The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art legendary mediaeval Middle Ages martyr Thirteenth Century 13th century martyrdom Rhenish sovereign Maxentius St Catherine Saint Catherine tortured object Unknown silk Saint Catherine Saint Catherine of the Wheel Saint Catherine of Alexandria Heritage Art Katharine of Alexandria Silk with linen underlay