Boetvaardige Maria Magdalena met schedel en aureool, Jan Gerritsz. van Bronckhorst, after Cornelis van Poelenburch, 1613 - 1661

Title(s)

Boetvaardige Maria Magdalena met schedel en aureool

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-BI-4885

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 6-2(2)
• The Illustrated Bartsch 3-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

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 142 mm × width 117 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

unknown

Copyright

Public domain

• Netherlandish artists, Franklin Westcott Robinson, p. 75, cat.nr. 3-2
• Boekhorst - Brueghel, p. 228, cat.nr. 6-2