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A group of arrestingly odd characters have turned up lately in the Met Museum<\/a>\u2019s Fifth Avenue medieval galleries; three dapper wise men, a mysteriously cloaked Mary and a half-dressed saint associated with the plague stop foot traffic with their large size and idiosyncratic details.\u00a0 A wall text points out that in Europe\u2019s bustling cities c. 1500, sculptors enlivened familiar holy figures with details inspired by contemporary life.\u00a0 Here, a limestone rendering of St Catherine of Alexandria from Lorraine, France ca 1475-1525 reads a book as she dominates a figure representing the ruler she refused to marry, reflecting, \u201cthe promise that virtuous rulers will triumph over corrupt tyrants.\u201d (On view at the Met\u2019s Fifth Ave location in gallery 305).<\/p>\n

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Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Workshop of Jan Crocq, Limestone with traces of paint, French, Lorraine, ca 1475-1525.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A group of arrestingly odd characters have turned up lately in the Met Museum\u2019s Fifth Avenue medieval galleries; three dapper wise men, a mysteriously cloaked Mary and a half-dressed saint associated with the plague stop foot traffic with their large size and idiosyncratic details.\u00a0 A wall text points out that in Europe\u2019s bustling cities c. … <\/p>\n

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