On the dark background, the figures emerge, struck... Lot 45

On the dark background, the figures emerge, struck by a full and cold light that imbues the colors by lightening them. Half-length on the left are Saint Catherine of Alexandria, dressed as a woman of her royal rank, the crown on her head holding a complicated hairstyle of braids and ribbons, a double strand of pearls around her neck and wearing rich and colorful clothes . She holds her right hand to her chest and the left forward, supported by the Virgin who is sitting in front of her. This gently brings the ring finger of the saint towards the Child Jesus who holds the wedding ring and a white flower, a five-petal daisy. It is, therefore, an image of the mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine and in fact, at the top, we can also read the typical invocation of the saint SPONSABO TE MICHI IN FIDE (I will marry you in faith).