Francesco Zahra’s Transition of the Corpse of St Catherine to Mount Sinai

Art historical analysisThe Transition of the Corpse of St Catherine to Mount Sinai is an oil-on-canvas painting by the prolific Maltese artist Francesco Zahra (1710-1773). Dated 1755, this baroque work is one of the lateral paintings in Żurrieq’s parish church of St Catherine of Alexandria.The painting is one of two complementary choir paintings by Zahra...