Differences in Saintly Attributes Across Renaissance Italy

Abstract

Even though saints can have the same attribute across different images of them, they can change appearance based on an artist's choice and the region where the piece was made. Using Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Christopher, Saint James, and Saint Lucy as examples, alongside George Kaftal's Iconography of the Saints volumes, this paper explores the reasons as to why attributes change (or do not change) and where they occur.