Facsimile of Simone Martini's St. Catherine of Alexandria (portion), Kathryn Finter, 1993
23K gold leaf, opaque and semi-opaque watercolour paint on goat skin parchment

The original painting is gold leaf and tempera on panel. Simone Martini (1284-1344) is one of small number of artists known to have mastered both panel painting and manuscript illumination. Working from the original panel painting hanging in the National Gallery of Canada, I recreated Simone Martini's St. Catherine using illuminated manuscript materials and techniques. This has given me a better understanding of how to adapt painting style to accommodate differences in size, support, and medium.