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Saint Mary Magdalen surrounded by Angels


Ecstacy of Saint Mary Magdalen
Italian (Florence)
Renaissance
about 1480–1500
Object Place: Europe, Florence, Italy

Medium/Technique Terracotta with traces of polychromy
Dimensions 64.5 x 40 cm (25 3/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. C. C. Perkins
Accession Number95.1377
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionTerracotta; figure in a mandorla, surrounded by nine cherubs on clouds; formerly mounted on a rectangular piece of wood.
ProvenanceCharles Callahan Perkins (b. 1823 - d. 1886), Boston; 1886, to his widow, Frances Davenport Bruen Perkins (b. 1825 - d. 1909), Boston; 1895, gift of Mrs. Charles C. Perkins to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1895)
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