Maria Magdalena, anonymous, after Hugo van der Goes, 1440 - c. 1485

Title(s)

Maria Magdalena

Object type

• drawing

Object number

RP-T-1963-263

Artist

• draughtsman: anonymous
• draughtsman: Hugo van der Goes (circle of)

Dating

1440 - c. 1485

Material

• paper
• ink

Technique

pen

Measurements

height 183 mm × width 84 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

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1963

Copyright

Public domain

• Gerard David : purity of vision in an age of transition, Maryan Wynn Ainsworth, p. 97, afb. 100
• Netherlandish drawings of the 15th and 16th centuries, p. 7, afb. 16 (Plates), cat.nr. 16 (Text)
• Aanwinsten : 1 september 1962 - 1 november 1963
• Maryan Ainsworth, 'The Christ Nailed to the Cross Triptych in the Context of Gerard David's Early Work', in: Sascha Zdanov, Xénia Wasilewski, Wendy Frère, eds., Penser l’Oeuvre d’Art de la Création à la Restauration, Mélanges offerts á Catheline Périer-D’Ieteren á l’occasion de son quatre-vingtième anniversaire, Brussels 2024, p. 192, afb. 17.