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Penitent Magdalen

(Italian, 1627–1703)
late 17th–early 18th century
Medium/TechniquePen and black ink and brush with brown wash and white gouche over black chalk o blue-tan antique laid paper
DimensionsMount: 42.9 x 31.5 cm (16 7/8 x 12 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 30.4 x 24.3 cm (11 15/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz
Accession number2008.1700
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsRecto, in ink, l.r.: Do. Piola
ProvenanceGalerie de Bayser (Paris, France); acquired by Jeffrey E. Horvitz, 1999; by whom given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession date: January 21, 2009)
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