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Correggio’s reclining ‘Magdalen’ rediscovered

07/2019 | 1396 | 161

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Author:

Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)

Subjects

artists:

Correggio / Allori, Cristofano

dates:

1500-1519

media:

Copper

museums and institutions:

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden / Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy / National Gallery, London, Great Britain

patrons:

Isabella d’Este, Marquise of Mantua, 1474-1539

places:

Sainte-Baume

sources:

Baldinucci, Filippo / Spagnolo, Maddalena

subjects:

Italian art / Mary Magdalene, Saint / Versions / Copies / Iconography / Technical analysis

works:

Reclining Magdalen by Correggio

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. St Mary Magdalen, here attributed to Correggio. c.1519. Panel, 22.5 by 28 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

2. St Mary Magdalen, here identified as a painting after Correggio. Before 1609. Copper, 29 by 39.5 cm. (Formerly Gemäldegalerie, Dresden).

Attributed works:

3. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.1.

Attributed works:

4. St Mary Magdalen, by Cristofano Allori after Correggio. c.1600. Copper, 29.6 by 43 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

5. Detail of Fig.1, showing a seascape and a monastic building.

Attributed works:

6. St Mary Magdalen, by Raffaello Morghen (1758–1833), after Correggio. Engraving, 15.6 by 20.4 cm. (British Museum, London).

Attributed works:

7. St Mary Magdalen, by Correggio. c.1518–19. Canvas, 38.1 by 30.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).

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