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St. Mary Magdalen Renouncing the Vanities of the World

Gérard Edelinck (French, 1640–1707)
After: Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690)
about 1665-1700

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 50.8 × 39.1 cm (20 × 15 3/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark; lacking the bottom margin)
Credit Line Bequest of Washington Irving Jenkins
Accession NumberM26748
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
According to Le Blanc, this print represents Louise de La Vallière as Mary Magdalen.

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil 032, iii/v or later (the bottom margin has been trimmed off); IFF 355; Le Blanc 28
Marks Verso, lower right-center, stamped in black ink, the mark of Amédeé Faure, Paris (1801-1878)(Lugt 115); verso, upper right-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
ProvenanceBy 1916, Washington Irving Jenkins (b. 1848 - d. 1916; Lugt 4831), Clinton, MA; 1917, bequest of Jenkins to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: August 1, 1917)