Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Saint Catherine with scenes from her life: Proof impression of Scene 1.
Call Number
D West 43/GC096/Box 02/Normal/Saint Catherine Monastery GA 2014.00011
Identifier
ark:/88435/02871538m
Publisher
Lwow, Poland : [s.n.], 1698-1699.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1698
Extent
1 item ; print 11.7 x 14.2 cm. sheet 11.7 x 16.1 cm.
Source Acquisition
Acquired with matching funds provided by the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund.
References
Papastratou, Dore. Paper Icons: Greek Orthodox Religious Engravings, 1665-1899. Athens: Papastratos; Recklinghausen: A. Bongers, 1990. [Marquand Library (SA) Oversize NE655.2 .P3713 1990q]
Papastratou 402
Deluga, Waldemar and Zych, Iwona. Greek Church Prints, Print Quarterly 19, no. 2 (June 2002): pp. 123-135.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Woodcuts
Depiction: Icon representing St. Catherine kneeling before the Virgin and Child. Deciduous trees in background, birds flying above.
Item description: Among the earliest known religious prints produced for circulation in the Orthodox East.

Discovery Information

Subject
Art, Byzantine
Religious art
Christian art and symbolism—17th century
Christianity and art—Orthodox Eastern Church—In art
Icons, Byzantine
Saint Catherine (Monastery : Mount Sinai).
Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint—Art
Christian women saints in art
Chatzekyriakes
Martyrs in art
Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint—Art
Artists' proofs
Art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7feaeff0-846f-47e7-8112-91dbb2acc643/manifest