Boetedoenende Maria Magdalena, Gaspard Duchange, after Antoine Coypel, 1672 - 1757

Title(s)

Boetedoenende Maria Magdalena

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-43.248

Catalogue reference

• IFF 18e siècle 21
• LeBlanc 11

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Artist

• print maker: Gaspard Duchange (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Antoine Coypel (mentioned on object)

Place

France

Dating

1672 - 1757

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 259 mm × width 193 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

• Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du dix-huitième siècle, dl. 7, p. 385, cat.nr. 21
• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations : ouvrage destiné à faire suite au Manuel du libraire par J.Ch. Brunet, dl. 2, p. 149, cat.nr. 11