Boetvaardige Maria Magdalena, Francesco Villamena, after Francesco Vanni, c. 1576 - 1624

Title(s)

Boetvaardige Maria Magdalena

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-38.415

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De heilige Maria Magdalena met een opengeslagen boek. Links een putto met de zalfpot en rechts een crucifix.

Artist

• print maker: Francesco Villamena (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Francesco Vanni

Place

Italy

Dating

c. 1576 - 1624

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / intaglio printmaking technique

Measurements

height 186 mm × width 145 mm

What

• the penitent harlot Mary Magdalene; possible attributes: book (or scroll), crown, crown of thorns, crucifix, jar of ointment, mirror, musical instrument, palm-branch, rosary, scourge
• (human) skull
• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Das grafische Oeuvre des Francesco Villamena, Dorothee Kühn-Hattenhauer, p. 166