De boetvaardige Maria Magdalena, Wenceslaus Hollar, after Aegidius Sadeler (II), 1646

Title(s)

De boetvaardige Maria Magdalena
Scta Maria Magdalena (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.151

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 841-2(3)
• Pennington 181-2(3)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: Aegidius Sadeler (II) (mentioned on object)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1646

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 256 mm × width 184 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. III, p. 116, cat.nr. 841
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 22, cat.nr. 181