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> The lady here has a crown, which is one of CofA's attributes, but there's > no sword or wheel, so it remains uncertain. Actually there is a wheel, at her feet (between her and the Madonna) it's that brown object with the spikes;) I think it's depicting the wheel edge on. So It's CoA. > Anyway, if it's a deliberate archaism, the costume is modeled after > earlier artworks (and probably significantly changed in details). However, > I wouldn't be surprised if this is 14th c., and St. Catherine of > Alexandria, re-attributed to Catherine of Siena. Which means it's just > saint's costume and Italian, and could be anywhere on the continuum of > real <--> fanciful! Yup:) The faces remind me a lot of the other 14thC Italian art, but it could also have been altered at some stage? Anyone have any idea what the blue-black zigzag shapes on her sleeve are (the one furthest from us and held up for the ring)? It's a very cool image and fits in with what I have seen of the 14thC Italian stuff. By that I mean: it's weird and all kinds of pretty;) michaela http://glittersweet.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.10/263 - Release Date: 16/02/2006 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
