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Mary Magdalen in the Desert
about 1620-1630
Medium/Technique
Woodcut in black ink on blue paper, with white highlighting
Dimensions
Sheet: 29.7 × 19.3 cm (11 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
Image: 28.3 × 18 cm (11 1/8 × 7 1/16 in.)
Image: 28.3 × 18 cm (11 1/8 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number68.318
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Marks
Recto, bottom right, stamped in black ink, the mark of Friedrich August II, King of Saxony, Dresden (1797-1854)(Lugt 971); verso, lower right, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W. G. Russell Allen Bequest (Lugt 3593)
InscriptionsRecto, lower center, in pen and brown ink, "Madeleine"
ProvenanceFriedrich August II, King of Saxony (b. 1797-d. 1854; Lugt 971), Dresden. William Goodwin Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; 1955, bequest of William Goodwin Russell Allen to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 11, 1968)