Mary Magdalen Reading
Giuseppe Longhi
(Italian, 1766–1831)
Correggio (Antonio Allegri)
(Italian (Parmese), about 1489–1534)
1809
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 44.9 x 62.2 cm (17 11/16 x 24 1/2 in.)
Platemark: 34.2 x 40.8 cm (13 7/16 x 16 1/16 in.)
Platemark: 34.2 x 40.8 cm (13 7/16 x 16 1/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP14153
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Neither Apell nor Le Blanc lists any unfinished states of this print. In this impression, the head of Mary Magdalen is completed, but her body and cloak are only lightly engraved in outline. The British Museum has an impression in which the cloak is completed, but the upper body and feet are not. Therefore this impression is the first of five known states.
ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897