Maria Magdalena biddend in de wildernis, Sébastien Leclerc (I), 1730 - 1778

Title(s)

Maria Magdalena biddend in de wildernis

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-69.103

Catalogue reference

• IFF 17e siècle 18-3(9)

Artist

• print maker: Sébastien Leclerc (I)
• print maker: Charles Joseph Dominique Eisen

Place

France

Dating

1647 - 1714 and/or 1730 - 1778

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 105 mm × width 112 mm

What

• the penitent St. Mary Magdalene (often before a cave, possibly at La Sainte-Baume hill): her long hair covers her (naked) body, she reads, meditates or raises her tear-filled eyes towards heaven

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du XVIIe siècle, dl. 8, p. 42, cat.nr. 18