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Half Length Statue of the Weeping Magdalen

Dutch (Sculptor)
1465-1470 (Late Medieval-Renaissance)
pipeclay with traces of gilt
(Renaissance Europe , Medieval Europe )

This carved and formerly gilded half-length statue of the weeping Magdalen is now much injured, and the surface is partially flaked off. It has not been the subject of recent research.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Georges Joseph Demotte, Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; R. Heilbronner [date and mode of acquistion unknown] [as from l'Est de la France]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
4/1/1949 Treatment cleaned
7/1/1951 Treatment other
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Geographies

Netherlands, Utrecht (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 9 3/8 x W: 5 7/8 in. (23.8 x 15 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1910

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

27.19

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

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410-547-9000

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