Reliquary Bust of Saint Mary Magdalene, between 1750 and 1800

  • Italian

Gilded wood

  • Including base: 27 3/16 × 16 5/16 × 7 3/16 inches (69.1 × 41.5 × 18.3 cm) Overall (Bust): 19 1/16 × 16 5/16 × 7 3/16 inches (48.4 × 41.5 × 18.3 cm) Overall (Socle): 8 1/8 × 10 1/2 × 5 13/16 inches (20.7 × 26.6 × 14.7 cm) Overall (Column): 73 1/8 × 13 1/2 × 13 5/16 inches (185.7 × 34.3 × 33.8 cm)

Gift of T. Ashrawy

47.98

In black on reverse: S. MARI./A. MAGD./LENA

T. Ashrawy (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1947-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

A. P. Darr, P. Barnet, A. Boström, with contributions by C. Avery... [et. al.], Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts, London: Harvey Miller Publishers, in assoc. with the Detroit Institute of Arts, 2002, 2 vols., II, cat. 149a

Italian, Reliquary Bust of Saint Mary Magdalene, between 1750 and 1800, Gilded wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of T. Ashrawy, 47.98.