Title(s)

Fotoreproductie van een schilderij van Maria Magdalena door Ary Scheffer
The Magdalen, by A. Scheffeer (title on object)

Object type

• photograph
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-1533-35

Inscriptions / marks

• number: ‘No. 15./ MODERN.’
• inscription: ‘In the Collection of Mrs. Schwabe./ London, Published May, 1857, by P. & D. Colnaghi & Co, 13 & 14, Pall Mall East/ & T. Agneur & Sons, Manchester. For the Proprietors.’
• number: ‘35’

Artist

• photographer: Leonida Caldesi (mentioned on object)
• photographer: Mattia Montecchi (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Ary Scheffer (mentioned on object)

Dating

c. 1853 - in or before c. 1858

Material

• photographic support

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 197 mm × width 135 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

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Photographs A.T.E. (RP-F-2001-7-1533)