''Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine'' or ''Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine with Three Saints in a Landscape'' is a oil on panel painting by

Correggio Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sens ...

, now in the

Detroit Institute of Arts The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, has one of the list of largest art museums, largest and most significant art collections in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers with a major renovation a ...

. It is usually dated to the artist's youth, before ''

Madonna and Child with St Francis ''Madonna and Child with St Francis'' or ''Madonna of St Francis'' is a 1514-1515 painting by Correggio, now held in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, Germany. It shows Francis of Assisi, with the stigmata, prostrating himself before a ...

'' (Dresden) and after ''

Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine The mystical marriage of Saint Catherine (or "Mystic") covers two different subjects in Christian art arising from visions received by either Catherine of Alexandria or Catherine of Siena (1347–1380), in which these virgin saints went through a ...

'' (Washington).

History

The work's dimensions suggest it was originally an altarpiece in

Mantua Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard language, Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, province of the same name. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture ...

or nearby. It is recorded as one of the

Gonzaga Collection The Gonzaga Collection or Celeste Gallery (''la Celeste Galeria'') was the large collection of artworks commissioned and acquired by the House of Gonzaga in Mantua, Italy, exhibited for a time in the Palazzo Ducale, the Palazzo Te, the Palazzo Sa ...

works sold to

Charles I of England Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until Execution of Charles I, his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of ...

and after Charles' execution it was initially sold to a private collection in London before passing through others in Vienna and Amsterdam. The

Duveen Brothers Henry Joseph Duveen (26 October 1854Bierman, Stanley M. ''The World's Greatest Stamp Collectors''. New York: Frederick Fell Publishers Inc., 1981, p. 90. – 15 January 1919) was an art dealer who co-founded the firm of Duveen Brothers with his ...

bought it in 1925 and took it to the US, selling it to

Anna Scripps Whitcomb Anna Scripps Whitcomb (March 5, 1866 – March 28, 1953) was an American philanthropist. She was the daughter of ''The Detroit News'' founder James E. Scripps. She was an avid gardener and art collector. After her husband died in 1930 she becam ...

, who finally donated it to its present home in 1926.

References

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category:Gonzaga art collection Paintings of Saint Anne Paintings of John the Baptist Paintings of Saint Joseph Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts