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Mystical marriage of Saint Catherine and saints

Lorenzo Lotto

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Barberini Palace

Barberini Palace

Via delle Quattro Fontane, 13 , Rome

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The iconography of the Mystical Marriage derives from a medieval text that describes the conversion to Christianity of Catherine of Alexandria. The text tells how, after being baptized, the young woman had a vision: in the sky, between angels and saints, the Madonna appeared to her with the baby Jesus in her womb, who slipped a ring on Catherine's finger, making her his wife. As in most paintings of similar subjects, the three protagonists of the episode are surrounded by some saints. However, compared to the traditional iconography where the moment of delivery of the ring is depicted, in Lotto's painting we find a significant variant: Saint Catherine already wears the ring on her finger and receives a rose from the child Jesus, a symbol of love. This shift forward of the representation, towards a moment after the wedding, could be related to the commissioning of the work: the painting was in fact requested by Marsilio Cassotti from Bergamo to furnish the bedroom shared with his wife Faustina Assonica. The two young men had married the previous year and, on the occasion of the wedding, they had already been portrayed by Lorenzo Lotto himself, in a painting currently kept in the Prado Museum in Madrid.
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Title: Mystical marriage of Saint Catherine and saints

Author: Lorenzo Lotto

Date: 1524

Technique: Oil painting on canvas

Displayed in: Barberini Palace

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