Landscape with a Penitent Magdalene

1573

Cornelis Cort

Artist, Netherlandish, 1533 - 1578

Benefazio Breggi

Artist, Italian, active 16th century

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 50 × 35.6 cm (19 11/16 × 14 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.46.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein no. 131, State i/v


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jan Johnson, Quebec); purchased by NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Collaert Dynasty, Ann Diels and Marjolein Leesberg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no.131, i/v.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: HIERONYM MVCIANI / VONANI INVENTO.; lower center in plate: Benefatio Breggi al melon doro Roma; lower right in image: PRIVILEGIO. D. GREG. PP. XXIII. Corneli Cort fe. / 1573

Watermarks

crest with three mounds


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