1740
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine is a 1740 ink by John Baptist Jackson, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a busy scene with a group of people gathered around a woman kneeling on steps. Above them, angels float near a crown and a tree with swirling branches. Some figures hold books or musical instruments, while others gesture toward the woman, who looks upward as if listening. The dark and light contrasts create a dramatic effect, typical of the time. Notice how the artist used shadows to make the figures pop against the background. Look up woodcut next to see how this technique works.
John Baptist Jackson (1701–1780) was a British artist, a woodcut printmaker of the eighteenth century.
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