Saint Mary Magdalene (far right panel)

Maker

(Artists)
active ca. 1328-1350 (Life dates)

Title

Saint Mary Magdalene (far right panel)

Date of Production

1345

Medium

tempera on panel

Dimensions

Height: 103.8 cm
Width: 31.3 cm

Accession Number

P.1947.LF.294.5

Mode of Acquisition

Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

Not currently on display

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Label Text

This master was active in Florence, and probably trained with Pacino di Bonaguida. Like Pacino, he was especially talented as a manuscript illuminator. This altarpiece shows his particular debt to Bernardo Daddi.
None of the saints who surround the Virgin and Child are surprising choices. However, Mary Magdalen (at the far right) was first painted as Saint Margaret, as the inscription below her states. Margaret’s attribute, a dragon, can also still be seen.

Provenance

Lee Bequest 1947

Exhibition History

The Second Hand Re-worked: Art Then and Now, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2015-19/07/2015

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