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Penitent Magdalene
1591
Annibale Carracci (Artist) Italian, 1560-1609 Pietro Stefanoni (Publisher) Italian, 1589-1614
Etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 8 5/8 × 6 1/4 inches (21.9 × 15.9 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S259
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in plate, center left edge: Carra: in.
Inscribed, in plate, lower left corner: P. Inscribed, center lower edge: S. Inscribed, lower right corner: F. Inscribed, date in plate, lower center: 1591. Inscribed, in pencil, verso: fran ( ) aca Sardinier | ( ) fecit [illegible] Inscribed, in pencil, verso: [numeric notations]
Stamp, verso: Scripps 1887 (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) [date added in ink to the stamp]
Provenance
September 1887, C.J. Meyer (Carlsbad). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Annibale Carracci, Penitent Magdalene, 1591, etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S259.
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