Cameria, daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent, as Saint Catherine
Maker
Workshop of
(artist)
1488-1576
(artist)
1488-1576
Title
Cameria, daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent, as Saint Catherine
Date of Production
(circa) 1560
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 99.3 cm (canvas)
Width: 71.5 cm (canvas)
Width: 71.5 cm (canvas)
Accession Number
P.1978.PG.463
Mode of Acquisition
Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This picture may record a lost portrait by Titian of the daughter of the Turkish Sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent. Giorgio Vasari, a sixteenth-century artist and biographer, said Titian was asked to paint portraits of Suleiman’s favourite wife, and her daughter Cameria.
The spiked wheel, used to identify St Catherine of Alexandria, transforms the sultan’s daughter into a saint. This may have seemed appropriate because at the time Alexandria was part of the Ottoman Empire.
The spiked wheel, used to identify St Catherine of Alexandria, transforms the sultan’s daughter into a saint. This may have seemed appropriate because at the time Alexandria was part of the Ottoman Empire.
Provenance
Princes Gate Bequest 1978
Exhibition History
The Ottoman Orient in Renaissance Art, National Museum, Cracow, Poland, 26/02/2014-31/05/2015
The Ottoman Orient in Renaissance Art, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, 26/02/2014-31/05/2015
The Ottoman Orient in Renaissance Art, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, 26/02/2014-31/05/2015
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