Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Saint Catherine with scenes from her life: Proof impression of Scene 5.
Call Number
D West 43/GC096/Box 02/Normal/Saint Catherine Monastery GA 2014.00014
Identifier
ark:/88435/2j62sf37s
Publisher
Lwow, Poland : [s.n.], 1698-1699.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1698
Extent
1 item ; print 13.7 x 14.4 cm. sheet 17.6 x 15 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 executioner, crowned by angel.
Item description: Among the earliest known religious prints produced for circulation in the Orthodox East.
Markings, verso: Stamp of the Monastery of Saint Catherine [proof impression].

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
Saints in art
Chatzekyriakes
Martyrs in art
Artists' proofs
Executions and executioners in art
Angels in art
Art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

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/b7d4f2ba-17e2-4231-82b8-7baaf91f6970/manifest