Boetvaardige Maria Magdalena, Jan Gerritsz. van Bronckhorst, after Cornelis van Poelenburch, 1613 - 1661

Title(s)

Boetvaardige Maria Magdalena

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-BI-4884

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 5
• The Illustrated Bartsch 2

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Jan Gerritsz. van Bronckhorst (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Cornelis van Poelenburch (mentioned on object)

Place

Netherlands

Dating

1613 - 1661

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 113 mm × width 95 mm

What

• the penitent St. Mary Magdalene (often before a cave, possibly at La Sainte-Baume hill): her long hair covers her (naked) body, she reads, meditates or raises her tear-filled eyes towards heaven

Acquisition

transfer 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Boekhorst - Brueghel, p. 228, cat.nr. 5
• Netherlandish artists, Franklin Westcott Robinson, p. 74, cat.nr. 2