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Photograph

1850-1896 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (photographer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (photographed)

A photograph depicting a 16th century group of carved oak figures and a single 16th century carved oak figure. The group of figures consists of St. Catherine of Alexandria who is shown trampling on the Emperor Maximin. The single figure represents St. Mary Magdalene who is depicted kneeling and weeping.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Woodwork
Sculpture
Christianity
Object type
Photograph
Materials and techniques
Photograph
Photographic Paper
Photography
Brief description
Photograph of French carved figures which were previously part of the collection of Emile Peyre, Great Britain, 1850s-1896
Physical description
A photograph depicting a 16th century group of carved oak figures and a single 16th century carved oak figure. The group of figures consists of St. Catherine of Alexandria who is shown trampling on the Emperor Maximin. The single figure represents St. Mary Magdalene who is depicted kneeling and weeping.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 34.1cm
  • Mount width: 41.8cm
Object history
The objects in this photograph formed part of the collection of Emile Peyre (1824-1904), a notable Parisian collector of French Medieval and Renaissance artefacts. The group of figures consisting of St. Catherine of Alexandria and the Emperor Maximin is now in the National Museum of Ireland (previously the Museum of Science and Art, Dublin) whilst the carved figure of St. Mary Magdalene is now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (previously the South Kensington Museum).
Subjects depicted
Mary Magdalene
St. Catherine of Alexandria
Association
Emile Peyre
Associated object
686-1895 (Object)
Bibliographic reference
On a label pasted to the mount.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.1140-1896

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Record createdJune 27, 2014
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1295885/photograph-unknown/
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