4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2018.

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine

Artist Hendrick ter Brugghen (Dutch, 1588-1629)

CultureDutch

Dateca. 1618-1620

MediumOil on panel

DimensionsOverall: 39 x 28 7/8 in. (99.1 x 73.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 55 3/4 x 45 1/2 in. (141.6 x 115.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.2076

Collections

European Art before 1945

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 206

DescriptionThis oil on panel painting depicting Saint Catherine before her death. There are three men standing around her: two of the men wear turbans and minimal clothing, while the other is in Roman armor. She is on her knees, her hands folded in prayer facing the left side of the canvas. There is a part of a broken wheel behind her. The turbanned man in the foreground has his left hand on her head and in his right is a long sword held horizontal at his side, almost blending into the background.

Label TextHendrick ter Brugghen Dutch, 1588–1629 The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine, ca. 1618–1620 Oil on wood Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2076 ProvenanceHinrich Hambrock, Hamburg, by 1679 (titled, "Wie die S. Catharina soll enthauptet werden von Thorbrug"). Anonymous central European Collection (up to ca. 1920); Mr. H. Bredius, Edenbridge, Kent (acquired early 1920's); English Art Market, 1956-1957; Newhouse Galleries, New York, 1960; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, 1971.Exhibition HistoryCentral Museum, Utrecht, during the 1930's. "1550-1650 A Century of Masters from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," Fort Worth Art Center, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, and University of Texas, Austin, Sept. 7, 1962 - March 31, 1963. (Exhib. cat. p. 29, 45). "Hendrick Terbrugghen in America," Dayton Art Institute, Oct. 15, 1965 - Nov. 28, 1965; Baltimore Museum of Art, Dec. 19, 1965 - Jan. 30, 1966. (Exhib. cat. fig. 5). "Dutch and Flemish Paintings in the Light of Caravaggio: Selections from Southeastern Museums," Muscarelle Museum of Art at The College of William & Mary, February 10 - May 13, 2018. Published ReferencesBenedict Nicolson, _Hendrick Terbrugghen_. London, 1958, pp. 76-77, no. A45. Exhibition catalogue. _1550-1650, A Century of Masters from the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr._. Fort Worth: Fort Worth Art Center. 1962: pp. 29, 45. P.J.J. van Thiel. "De aanbidding der koningen en ander vroeg werk van Hendrick ter Brugghen," _Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum_. XIX. 1971: pp. 110-112, fig. b. Benedict Nicholson. "Terbrugghen since 1960," _Album Amicorum J.G. van Gelder_. The Hague. 1973: p. 239. Benedict Nicolson. _The International Caravaggesque Movement_. Oxford. 1980: p. 90. Chrysler Museum. _Selections from the Permanent Collection: The Chrysler Museum_. Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum of Art. 1982: p. 41. Nancy Jacobson. "Spotlight: Martyrdom of St. Catherine," _Chrysler Museum Bulletin_. Vol. 12, no. 2. Norfolk: Chrysler Museum. 02/1982. Jefferson C. Harrison. "The Seventeenth Century in the North", _The Chrysler Museum Gallery Guide_. Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum. 1983: ill. no. 1. Christiaan Schuckman, "Did Hendrick ter Brugghen revisit Italy?" _Hoogsteder-Naumann Mercury_. 4 (1986), pp. 8-9, note 2, p. 20, note 4. Christopher Brown. "The London 'Jacob and Laban' and ter Brugghen's Italian Sources," _Hendrick ter Brugghen und die Nachfolger Caravaggios in Holland_. Braunschuweig: Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum. 1987:pp. 89-97. Jefferson C. Harrison. _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, 1991, p. 23, #17. Dennis P. Weller. _Sinners & Saints: Darkness and Light, Caravaggio and his Dutch and Flemish Followers_. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1998 p. 215.