Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Stigmata

Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Stigmata is a tempera on panel in the Sienese Gothic tradition. The composition centers the haloed saint in the left foreground with arms raised in a devotional gesture, set within a stylized church interior of slender columns and rounded arches, while an ornate altar with a gilded cross stands to the right and a vision of the crucified Christ appears in the upper right. The scene uses a restrained palette of greens, blues, and gold with crisp, linear outlines and flat, decorative space typical of Giovanni di Paolo’s medievalist style.