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Collections

Virginia Vezzi (also known as Virginia Da Vezzo)
Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandriacirca 1623-1625

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Drawn to Devotion: Piety in Practice
Oil painting portrait of a young woman from the waist up, wearing a gold crown and mustard-yellow dress with jeweled brooch, holding a palm frond
Artist or Maker
Virginia Vezzi (also known as Virginia Da Vezzo)
Italy, Velletri, 1600-1638
Title
Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Date Made
circa 1623-1625
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 39 1/8 × 29 1/4 in. (99.38 × 74.3 cm) Framed: 48 1/2 × 38 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (123.19 × 97.16 × 6.35 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 2025 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
M.2025.144
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Copyright
photo © Museum Associates/ LACMA Conservation Center, by Yosi Pozeilov