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Saint Mary Magdalene

Maker

(artist)
1599-1641

Title

Saint Mary Magdalene

Date of Production

(circa) 1628 - 1632

Medium

black and white chalk on blue laid paper with brown ink framing lines, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 28 cm
Width: 22 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.PG.328

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Provenance

possibly unidentified collector's mark; De Beer Fine Art (London); purchased there by Count Antoine Seilern, London (1901-1978), 25 March 1963 (£600); Princes Gate Bequest 1978

Exhibition History

The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection B), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 29/01/1982-25/07/1982

Literature

The Princes Gate Collection - Drawings (Selection B), The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1982
cat. no. 164
no. 164

Seilern, Count Antoine, Flemish paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7. Addenda, London 1969; IV
no. 328
pl. XLIII
in file

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Backing sheet, right centre: small bunch of grapes (exact match not found in Briquet, Heawood or Piccard).

Inscription: Verso (backing sheet): upper right edge, red chalk: "20"; upper right corner, graphite: "11" or "M"; lower centre, graphite, erased and difficult to read: "Tomas d[...]"; lower right, red chalk: "T".

Collector's mark: ? Recto: lower right corner, blindstamped or inscribed with a blind stylus, only the first letter visible: "T" or "J [...]" (not in Lugt).

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