De boetvaardige Maria Magdalena, Hendrick Goltzius, 1585

Title(s)

De boetvaardige Maria Magdalena

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-10.067

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 58-1(2)
• Hollstein Dutch 53-1(2)
• New Hollstein Dutch 50-1(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and address: ‘HGoltzius inuen. et Sculptor excudebat.’
• date: ‘Ao 1585’
• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De heilige Maria Magdalena, ten voeten uit, leunend op een schedel. Op de achtergrond rechts is Maria Magdalena nogmaals te zien, geknield onder Christus aan het kruis. Regel Latijn in marge onder prent.

Artist

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

Place

Haarlem

Dating

1585

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 291 mm × width 199 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

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Hendrick Goltzius, Marjolein Leesberg, Huigen Leeflang, dl. I, p. 101, cat.nr. 50
• Goltzius-studies : Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), p. 208, cat.nr. 19