Mary Magdalene, penitent in the desert
Medium
Engraving; first state of six
Dimensions
Plate: 17 13/16 × 12 5/8 in. (45.3 × 32 cm) Sheet: 21 9/16 × 15 1/16 in. (54.7 × 38.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Accession Number
28.22.37
About the Artist
Bartolomé Estebán Murillo|Raphael Morghen|Stephano Tofanelli · 1617–1682
Son of Gaspar Esteban, a barber-surgeon, and María Pérez. He was orphaned at the age of ten and brought up by his maternal uncle, who placed him as an apprentice with his relative Juan del Castillo, a painter in the Italian manner. He adopted the surname of his maternal grandmother, Elvira Murillo, and rarely signed or used that of his father. Comment on works: History; Portraits; Religious