Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria, ca. 1630, Oil on canvas, 43 x 35 3/4 in. (109. 2 x 90. 8 cm) ; with added strips 44 1/8 x 37 in. (112. 1 x 94 cm), Paintings, Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, Antwerp 1599?1641 London), The infant Jesus responds with playful enthusiasm to an adoring Saint Catherine, a former princess identified by pearls and a martyr?s palm. She was esteemed as an intercessor for young women because of her mystical marriage to Christ