The penitent Mary Magdalene is depicted as a hermitess in a cave. She is reading the Bible. Around her are a crucifix, a rod and an ointment jar.
| Artist |
Johannes I Sadeler
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Gillis I Mostaert
RKD
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Ferdinand Reael
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| Title | Mary Magdalene in a cave |
| Date | ca. 1560 - 1600 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Quod lacrymae valeant ab amore fideqB profectae, / Crimina placato cuncta lauare Deo: / Iu nos praecipuè Sanctiâima Magdalene, / Et tua tam grauiter flentis imago docet. |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: G. Mostaert pinxit. Joh: Sadeler Sculpsit. Ferdinand: Reael excudit. | |
| inscription on the reverse: Elp [...] | |
| inscription on the reverse: A [1 ?] 2409 2ex [...] | |
| inscription on the reverse: 2 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-NV |
| Acquisition credit |
onbekend 2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-NV |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11725/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300124520 interior views AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11HH(MARY MAGDALENE)
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
Iconclass
11Q651 crucifix ~ personal devotion Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25G31 shrubs Iconclass 25H119 cave, grotto Iconclass 31A51453 ointment-jar Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA51453 ointment-jar - AA - (for) women Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 44G321(BIRCH ROD) instruments of torture, execution or punishment: birch rod Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73D82(CROSS) cross ~ instruments of the Passion Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
| Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. XXI. Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II : Text ; Vol. XXII : Plates / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein, Dieuwke De Hoop Scheffer, Karel Gerard Boon. - Amsterdam : Van Gendt & Co., 1980 (146) |
| Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700 : Vol. XIV. Meer - Ossenbeeck / Friedrich Wilhelm H. Hollstein. - Amsterdam : Menno Hertzberger & Co., 1956 (91) |
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