Plaque with the Penitent St. Mary Magdalen

mid 16th century (Renaissance)

11.3 cm 9.5 cm

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The saint, lying at the entrance to her cave, reclines toward the right, her head supported on her left hand. Her right arm rests upon an open Bible. Behind her, three angels are kneeling in the cave of Sainte-Baume and the Mediterranean stretches beyond. The rocky ledge and t...

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Samésange Collection (?), Dreux, France [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A. von Lanna Collection, Prague [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A. von Lanna Sale, Berlin, November 9, 1909, no. 72; George Robinson Harding, London, 1909, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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