De boetvaardige Maria Magdalena, Wenceslaus Hollar, after Hans Holbein (II), 1638

Title(s)

De boetvaardige Maria Magdalena

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.150

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 256
• Pennington 180

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Hans Holbein (II) (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1638

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 53 mm × width 62 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

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. I, p. 242, cat.nr. 256
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 22, cat.nr. 180