Born and trained in the city of Verona, hence his nickname, Paolo Veronese gained his fame as a painter of frescoes and easel paintings while living in Venice. In this work, a sumptuously attired Saint Catherine is shown at right with the Holy Family. Saint Elizabeth, the mother of Christ's cousin Saint John the Baptist, sits on the left, rolling swaddling clothes. Veronese arranges the figures in a stately flow of interconnecting forms and renders them using a rich play of light and a perfect balance of warm and cool colors.