Apparently a fragment. The figure seems to derive from Saint Catherine in Titian's altarpiece of the 'Virgin and Child with Saints' of c.1520-5 in the Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome. The addition of a tower identifies her as Saint Barbara.
Credit: Bourgeois Bequest, 1811
17th Century
Oil on panel
27.3 x 21.6cm
DPG266
Image and text © Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2019
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