Title(s)

Boetvaardige Maria Magdalena in de wildernis

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-2017-6094-38

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 132-copy a

Description

Deze prent maakt deel uit van een album.

Artist

• print maker: Melchior Meier
• after print by: Cornelis Cort
• after design by: Titiaan (mentioned on object)

Place

Italy

Dating

c. 1572 - c. 1582

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / etching

Measurements

height 203 mm × width 153 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

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 24-Aug-2017

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Album bevattende 53 prenten met voornamelijk christelijke iconografie (RP-P-2017-6094)

• Cornelis Cort, dl. 2, p. 194, cat.nr. 132