# Saint Catherine of Alexandria

**Pietro Lorenzetti** (Italian)  
ca. 1342  
Tempera on wood, gold ground  
Overall 26 x 16 1/4 in. (66 x 41.3 cm); painted surface 24 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. (62.2 x 41.3 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 13.212. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436908).

## About this work

Pietro Lorenzetti painted this in about 1342. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Gold ground.** Gold leaf laid over a red clay and burnished to a mirror shine, often tooled with punches so it flickers in candlelight. Behind sacred figures it stands for heavenly light.
- **Tempera.** Pigment bound with egg yolk. It dries in minutes and can’t be blended wet, so painters built up form with fine, hatched strokes. It was Europe’s main panel technique before oil.

### [Pietro Lorenzetti](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/pietro-lorenzetti)

Italian

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- Real size: about 26 × 16 in (66 × 41 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 11 × 14 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 14th century
- Subjects: Women, Saint Catherine
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1119.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1119/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/saint-catherine-of-alexandria-met-436908).