Maria Magdalena in de woestijn, Lucas van Leyden, 1504 - 1508

Title(s)

Maria Magdalena in de woestijn

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-H-Z-216

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein Dutch 123
• Bartsch 123

Inscriptions / marks

• signature: ‘L’

Description

Maria Magdalena half naakt zittend in een landschap, aan de hemel God de Vader.

Artist

• printmaker: Lucas van Leyden (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Lucas van Leyden

Place

Low Countries

Dating

1504 - 1508

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 108 mm × width 84 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

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• Lucas van Leyden en de Renaissance, p. 237, cat.nr. 33
• Lucas van Leyden, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, p. 122, cat.nr. 123
• Lucas van Leyden, (1489- of 1494-1533), Jan Piet Filedt Kok, cat.nr. 1