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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26091
People
Jacob Matham, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1571 - 1631 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Saint Mary Magdalen Repentant
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Saint Mary Magdalen in the Grotto
Alternate Title: The Magdalene Praying in Solitude
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1590-1592
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/59213

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 17.1 x 13.5 cm (6 3/4 x 5 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Matham sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower edge of design area, at left and center: HG[monogram]. Inuent. / IM[monogram]atham. sculp.
  • inscription: in plate, lower margin, to left and right: Magdalena gemeus, prisce et vestigia vite / Detestans, procul in vastam migranit erenum. / Hic secum merens vitat contagia vulgi, / Atq vnum toto meditatur pectore Christum.
  • collector's mark: verso, black stamp: Moyaux [Constant Moyaux (Lugt 1829a)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp: NJL [monogram; Norman Jack Leitman (Lugt 4545)]
  • collector's mark: verso, blue stamp with graphite numbering below: [Fogg Museum accession stamp (Lugt 936)] M26091
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: Madaleine preant dans la solitude / dev un crucifix / B. 114 / Cabinet braun / 3/- / N[?] 104 / p. 162-114
  • collector's mark: verso, aqua stamp: three stars surrounded by an oval border containing the motto CH. PROTECTOR MEUS [d'Arenberg Collection (Lugt 567)]

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
New Hollstein (Goltzius) 471, Hollstein 157, Filedt Kok 81

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Norman Leitman in honor of Robert M. Light
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
M26091
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Les Marques de Collections de Dessins & d'Estampes, website, Fondation Custodia, 2015, under Lugt 4545

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