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The Magdalene kneeling, from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus célèbres tableaux de la Galerie Royale de Dresde'

Marco Alvise Pitteri|Pierre Hutin|Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto)

1730–86

The Magdalene kneeling, from 'Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus célèbres tableaux de la Galerie Royale de Dresde' by Marco Alvise Pitteri|Pierre Hutin|Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto)

Medium

Etching and engraving on chine collé

Dimensions

Plate: 18 1/8 × 12 15/16 in. (46 × 32.8 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of George Hellman, 1942

Accession Number

42.65.149

Tags

AngelsMary MagdaleneCoat of Arms

Art Historical Context

Behold *The Magdalene Kneeling*, a striking 18th-century print the *Recueil d'estamp d'après les plus célè tableaux de la Galerie Royale Dresde*, a celebrated series reproducing masterpieces from the Dresden Royal Gallery. between 1730 and 1786 by Venetian engraver Marco Alvise Pitteri and French etcher Pierre Hutin after Jusepe de Rib's dramatic Baroque painting—by the Spanish master known as "Lo Spletto"—it captures Mary Magdalene in a moment of profound devotion. Kneeling in contemplation, she is surrounded by angels and a coat of arms, evoking the intense spirituality and tenebrist shadows...

About the Artist

Marco Alvise Pitteri|Pierre Hutin|Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto) · 1702–1786

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