De boetvaardige Maria Magdalena, Cornelis Bloemaert (II), after Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1623 - c. 1627

Title(s)

De boetvaardige Maria Magdalena

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-BI-1276

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 62
• Roethlisberger 287
  Remark: Engraving

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Maria Magdalena, met los, lang en golvend haar en deels ontbloot bovenlichaam, houdt in haar handen de kruik met olie waarmee zij Christus' voeten zalfde. Met een vers in het Latijn.

Artist

• print maker: Cornelis Bloemaert (II) (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Abraham Bloemaert (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Cornelis Bloemaert (II) (mentioned on object)

Place

Utrecht

Dating

c. 1623 - c. 1627

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 208 mm × width 160 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

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Berckheyde - Bodding, p. 74, cat.nr. 62
• Abraham Bloemaert and his sons : paintings and prints, Marcel George Roethlisberger, Marten Jan Bok, p. 224, cat.nr. 287