Illustration: 11HH(MARY MAGDALENE)33x11HH(MARY MAGDALENE)36x1
General
| Title | St. Mary Magdalene renounces the vanities of the world, laying aside her jewels, the penitent St. Mary Magdalene (often before a cave, possibly at La Sainte-Baume hill): her long hair covers her (naked) body, she reads, meditates or raises her tear-filled eyes towards heaven |
| Type | Illustration |
| Sizes | 108x79 |
| Material | Woodcut |
| Colour | Black |
| Artist | Christoffel (2) van Sichem |
| Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra | 1657 |
| Iconclass | 11HH(MARY MAGDALENE)33,11HH(MARY MAGDALENE)36 |
| Iconclass description | St. Mary Magdalene renounces the vanities of the world, laying aside her jewels, the penitent St. Mary Magdalene (often before a cave, possibly at La Sainte-Baume hill): her long hair covers her (naked) body, she reads, meditates or raises her tear-filled eyes towards heaven |
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Appearances
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Scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Judith) vol.1 p.Mmm3v |
Scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Luke) vol.2 p.L4v |
Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Genesis) vol.1 p.C6r |
Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Judith) vol.1 p.Mmm3v |
Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Luke) vol.2 p.L4v |
References
Literature references
Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1977 Chapter 2 An Introduction to the Woodcuts of the Seventeenth Century, with a discussion of the German woodcut Broadsides of the Seventeenth Century (by Ingeborg Lehmann-Haupt), New York
Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1983 Christoffel van Sichem A Family of Dutch 17th Century Woodcut Artists, in: Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Vol. XXVII, Christoffel (1) van Sichem to Herman Specht, pp. 274-306
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