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Saints Genevieve and Apollonia (St Catherine Altarpiece) by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1506, The National Gallery, London
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Saints Genevieve and Apollonia (St Catherine Altarpiece)

Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553)

1506 · Oil on wood (probably lime) · The National Gallery, London

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image 5.2×10 in on a 8×10 in sheet

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About this painting

Saint Genevieve holds up a candle that has gone out once already. The National Gallery tells how the devil blew it out while she prayed, and it lit again. Beside her Saint Apollonia keeps her eyes down and her hands folded over the pliers used to pull out her teeth at her martyrdom. Lucas Cranach the Elder painted them in 1506, soon after becoming court painter to the Elector of Saxony, as the outer face of a shutter on an altarpiece centred on Saint Catherine, likely for the electors' chapel at Wittenberg Castle. The flame stands straight, and the pliers rest in her hands like flowers.

Sources: The National Gallery, London, 'Saints Genevieve and Apollonia', NG6511.1, read 2026-09-24 · The National Gallery, London, 'Saints Christina and Ottilia', NG6511.2, read 2026-09-24

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The Record
Date 1506
Collection The National Gallery, London
Subject Saints
Season Ordinary Time
Master 22,724 px
License Public domain
Attribution The National Gallery, London · NG6511.1

The original, as its museum records it

Artist Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553)
Date 1506
Medium Oil on wood (probably lime)
Dimensions 120.5 × 63 cm
Holding The National Gallery, London · NG6511.1

Every line above is reproduced from the holding institution’s own catalogue entry, which is linked. Where their title, date or attribution differs from ours, theirs is the one printed here.

The file this print is made from

Source Lucas Cranach (I) - Katharinenaltar, die Heiligen Genoveva und Apollonia (NGL).jpg
Master 22,724 px on the long edge
Rights Public domain — the photograph as well as the painting
At a glance
ArtistLucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553)
Date1506
MuseumThe National Gallery, London
AccessionNG6511.1
MediumOil on wood (probably lime)
Dimensions120.5 × 63 cm
Sheet sizes8×10 in, 11×14 in, 16×20 in, 18×24 in, 24×36 in, 32×48 in, 40×60 in
Provenance of the file
Held byThe National Gallery, London · NG6511.1 the museum’s record
Source fileWikimedia Commons · Lucas Cranach (I) - Katharinenaltar, die Heiligen Genoveva und Apollonia (NGL).jpg
LicencePublic domain
Master11,812 × 22,724 px, the file our printer receives
ChainTaken from Wikimedia Commons; held as our print master.

The sheets

8×10 in sheet 8×10 in · image 5.2×10 in · archival margin · 2272 dpi
11×14 in sheet 11×14 in · image 7.3×14 in · archival margin · 1623 dpi
16×20 in sheet 16×20 in · image 10.4×20 in · archival margin · 1136 dpi
18×24 in sheet 18×24 in · image 12.5×24 in · archival margin · 947 dpi
24×36 in sheet 24×36 in · image 18.7×36 in · archival margin · 631 dpi
32×48 in sheet 32×48 in · image 25×48 in · archival margin · 473 dpi
40×60 in sheet 40×60 in · image 31.2×60 in · archival margin · 379 dpi

Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 22,724 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.