De boetvaardige Maria Magdalena, Hendrick Goltzius, 1585 - 1588

Title(s)

De boetvaardige Maria Magdalena

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1886-A-10443

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 227-3(3)
• Hollstein Dutch 363-3(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228a

Description

Maria Magdalena, ten halven lijve, als boetvaardige zondares, in desolaat landschap.

Artist

• print maker: Hendrick Goltzius (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Hendrick Goltzius
• publisher: Hendrick Goltzius

Place

Haarlem

Dating

1585 - 1588

Material

• paper

Measurements

height 134 mm × width 111 mm

What

• the penitent harlot Mary Magdalene; possible attributes: book (or scroll), crown, crown of thorns, crucifix, jar of ointment, mirror, musical instrument, palm-branch, rosary, scourge

Acquisition

purchase 20-Apr-1886

Copyright

Public domain

• Chiaroscuro woodcuts : Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) and his time, p. 87-90, cat.nr. 22