The Penitent Magdalen

model 1664, cast probably before 1709

Nicolas Legendre

Artist, French, 1619 - 1671

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On View

West Building Main Floor, Gallery 37

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 18.5 x 19.9 x 49.5 cm (7 5/16 x 7 13/16 x 19 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1971.6.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Possibly François Girardon, Paris. Private collection, Paris. Private collection, London. (Heim Gallery, London);[1] purchased 3 March 1971 by NGA.
[1] The sculpture is recorded in the Heim Gallery's index card file of objects sold, no. W6729-15 (Getty Research Institute, Heim Gallery Records, Box 107).

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, no. V, repro.

2008

  • Bronzes Français de la Penaissance au Siècle des lumières, Musée du Louvre, Paris; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2008-2009, no. 75, repro.

Bibliography

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 131, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q63854772

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