MASOLINO da Panicale
(b. 1383, Panicale, d. 1447, Firenze)

The Martyrdom of St Catherine

1428-30
Fresco
San Clemente, Rome

The fresco in the Barda Castiglioni Chapel of San Clemente depicts the martyrdom of St Catherine of Alexandria. The wheel on which St Catherine was to have been broken was destroyed by divine intervention, and the saint was eventually beheaded.