MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | Master_KIP_-_Plaque_with_the_Penitent_St_Mary_Magdalen_-_Walters_44306.jpg (1800x1582) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: Master KIP - Plaque with the Penitent St Mary Magdalen - Walters 44306.jpg The saint lying at the entrance to her cave reclines toward the right her head supported on her left hand Her right arm rests upon an open Bible Behind her three angels are kneeling in the cave of Sainte-Baume and the Mediterranean stretches beyond The rocky ledge and the ground are strewn with gilt plants bearing daisy-like circular flowers with gilt petals around a blue core over paillettes of foil Two rabbits play in the foreground The source of the design was probably a print after the painting of the Magdalene executed around 1520 by Correggio of which there is a copy in the Dresden Museum The pose shows the indirect influence of the Italian iconography of Melancholy represented as a reclining female nude cf Walters 54 214 Despite the similarities in proportions and technique or this plaque to Walters 44 305 the two works were not executed as companion pieces Both however were framed at the same time in their matching gilt-metal frames of the 16th or 17th century showing fleurs-de-lys at the four corners middle Other date century 16 technique painted enamel copper cm 9 5 11 3 accession number 44 306 23400 Samésange Collection Dreux France date and mode of acquisition unknown A von Lanna Collection Prague date and mode of acquisition unknown A von Lanna Sale Berlin November 9 1909 no 72 George Robinson Harding London 1909 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Master KIP Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
