Boetvaardige Maria Magdalena, Jacob Matham, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1588 - 1592

Boetvaardige Maria Magdalena, Jacob Matham, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1588 - 1592

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Identification

Title(s)

Boetvaardige Maria Magdalena

Object type

Object number

RP-P-OB-27.111

Catalogue reference

New Hollstein Dutch 113

Inscriptions / marks

collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Maria Magdalena kijkend naar een crucifix in een deels begroeide grot. Op de voorgrond een vaas en een opengeslagen boek. Rechts op de achtergrond gezicht op bergachtig landschap met kerk. Onder de voorstelling vierregelige Latijnse tekst.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Jacob Matham (mentioned on object)
after design by: Hendrick Goltzius (mentioned on object)

Place

Haarlem

Dating

1588 - 1592

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 171 mm × width 136 mm

Explanatory note

Roodje: atelier Henk 20-12-2009. Ontwerptekening Goltzius in: E.K.J. Reznicek, Hendrick Goltzius Drawings Rediscovered 1962-1992, Boston 1993, pp.40, 41, nr.78a, afb.15.

Subject

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 and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

Documentation

Jacob Matham, dl. I, p. 232, cat.nr. 113

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.150567

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