Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Stigmata

Domenico Beccafumi

about 1513–1515

Oil and gold leaf on panel, Oil

J. Paul Getty Museum

A woman in a white habit kneels and reaches towards a crucifix, receiving stigmata. Several other figures in dark robes are present in the interior setting. A woman in a white habit kneels and reaches towards a crucifix, receiving stigmata. Several other figures in dark robes are present in the interior setting. I saw our Lord fastened upon the cross coming down towards me and surrounding me with a marvelous light… Then there came down from the holes of his blessed wounds five bloody beams, which were directed towards the same parts of my body: to my hands, feet, and heart. This was how, according to her biographer, Saint Catherine of Siena described receiving the stigmata. In this panel by Domenico Beccafumi, Catherine is shown kneeling in a small chapel while members of her order wond