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A Female Saint, probably Saint Catherine of Alexandria

A Female Saint, probably Saint Catherine of Alexandria

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A Female Saint, probably Saint Catherine of Alexandria
ArtistItalian (Florentine), 1399/1400–1482
CultureItalian (Florentine)
Titles
  • A Female Saint, probably Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Datepossibly c. 1650–1750
PlaceFlorence, Italy
MediumUnglazed terracotta
Dimensions33 1/2 × 15 in. (85.1 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection
Object number44.597
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Department
Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceGustave Dreyfus (1837–1914), Paris; purchased with the Dreyfus collection in 1930 by Sir Joseph Duveen; purchased by Percy S. Straus from Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York on January 23, 1932; bequeathed to MFAH, 1944.
Published References "Catalogue of the Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1945
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