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Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. In the painting Catherine of Alexandria is looking upward in ecstasy and leaning on a wheel – an allusion to the breaking wheel (or Catherine wheel) of her martyrdom.It was painted circa 1507 shortly after Raphael’s arrival in Florence and shows the young artist in a transitional phase. The depiction of religious passion in the painting is still reminiscent of Pietro Perugino.
