Landschap met de boetvaardige Maria Magdalena, Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, after Pieter Bruegel (I), 1553 - 1558

Title(s)

Landschap met de boetvaardige Maria Magdalena
Magdalena Poenitens (title on object)
Grote landschappen (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-H-T-32

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 51-2(2)
  Remark: Pieter Bruegel The Elder
• New Hollstein Dutch 12-2(2)
  Remark: Van Doetecum
• Riggs 28.3

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 11
• inscription: ‘T.32.’

Description

Berglandschap met rechts op de voorgrond de boetvaardige Maria Magdalena in een hut. Aan de hemel verschijnt Christus met engelen.

Artist

• print maker: Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum
• after design by: Pieter Bruegel (I) (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Hieronymus Cock (mentioned on object)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1553 - 1558

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 324 mm × width 427 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
• landscapes in the temperate zone

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• Hieronymus Cock : the Renaissance in print, p. 380, 382, cat.nr. 107.3
• Pieter Bruegel the elder, p. 120, cat.nr. 51
• The Van Doetecum family, dl. I, p. 13, cat.nr. 12
• Hieronymus Cock, printmaker and publisher, p. 318, cat.nr. 28.3