Lithophane of Mary Magdalen Reading
Correggio (Antonio Allegri)
(Italian (Parmese), about 1489–1534)
about 1860
Medium/TechniquePorcelain with cast-iron mount
DimensionsOverall: 25.7 × 41.3 × 14 cm (10 1/8 × 16 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineThe Richard Balzer Collection—Gift of Patricia Bellinger Balzer
Accession number2019.849a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceBetween about 1970 and 2017, acquired by Richard Balzer (b. 1944 - d. 2017), Brookline, MA; by inheritance to Patricia Bellinger; 2019, gift of Patricia Bellinger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2019)
Unidentified
second or third quarter of the 14th century (?)
