"Head of St Catherine" (after Sandro Botticelli), by Christiana Jane Herringham (1852-1929) (original) (raw)

Head of St Catherine (after Sandro Botticelli)

Christiana Jane Herringham (1852-1929)

c.1888-97

Tempera on panel

H 45 cm; W 28.5

Royal Holloway, University of London (Accession no. PO145).

Presented to Bedford College by Sir Wilmot Herringham, before its amalgamation with Royal Holloway, and on display outside the main Picture Gallery. [See commentary below, and bibliography].

Photograph and text by Jacqueline Banerjee.

Photograph reproduced here by courtesy of Royal Holloway, University London. [Click on the image to enlarge it.]