Mary Magdalene in the Wilderness

1591

Annibale Carracci

Associated Names
Annibale Carracci

Artist, Bolognese, 1560 - 1609

The image shows a person sitting on the ground. They have long wavy hair, a robe, and a serene expression. There is a rock, a skull, an open book, and an ornamental container nearby. A faint halo is above the person's head. The background is lush with trees and distant hills or mountains.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Accession Number

    1972.65.17

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bohlin 1979, no. 12, State i/iv

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1985

  • Figure Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986, no cat.

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 56, repro.

Bibliography

1979

  • Bohlin, Diane DeGrazia. Prints and Related Drawings by the Carracci Family. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1979.

1990

  • Russell 1990, cat.no.56.

Wikidata ID

Q65565343

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