Maria Magdalena

Maria Magdalena

Title

Maria Magdalena

[Exhib. Cat. Halle 2006, No. 69]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Exhib. Cat. Halle 2006, No. 69]

The golden halo identifies this half-length figure as a saint. Her hair is tightly bound under a hairnet, while her dress reveals little of her femininity. She is represented here as a humble penitent, holding the ointment jar in her hands and looking to the left at events on the

The golden halo identifies this half-length figure as a saint. Her hair is tightly bound under a hairnet, while her dress reveals little of her femininity. She is represented here as a humble penitent, holding the ointment jar in her hands and looking to the left at events on the central panel.

[Elke Anne Werner, in Exhib. Cat. Halle 2006, No. 69]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Simon Franck (?)

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Halle 2006, No. 69]

Simon Franck (?)

[Exhib. Cat. Halle 2006, No. 69]

Production date
before 1525

Production date

before 1525

[Exhib. Cat. Halle 2006, No. 69]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 49 x 36 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 49 x 36 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Halle 2006, No. 69]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

within the halo: 'S MARIA MAGDALEN(A)'
[cda 2018]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • within the halo:

  • 'S MARIA MAGDALEN(A)'

  • [cda 2018]

Owner
Museum Wiesbaden
Repository
Museum Wiesbaden
Location
Wiesbaden
CDA ID
DE_MW_M28
FR (1978) Nr.
FRSup006J
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_MW_M28/

Provenance

  • 1824 purchased from Gerning collection
    [Exhib. Cat. Halle 2006, No. 69]

Exhibitions

Halle 2006, no. 69

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Halle 2006 154 069 Pl. p. 155
EditorThomas Schauerte
TitleDer Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg. Renaissancefürst und Mäzen. Bd. 1: Katalog
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2006
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Tacke 1992 47
AuthorAndreas Tacke
TitleDer katholische Cranach. Zu zwei Großaufträgen von Lucas Cranach d. Ä., Simon Franck und der Cranach-Werkstatt (1520 - 1540)
SeriesBerliner Schriften zur Kunst
Volume2
Place of PublicationMainz
Year of Publication1992
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 Sup6J
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Cat. Wiesbaden 1937 17
AuthorHermann Voss
TitleAmtlicher Katalog der Gemäldegalerie Wiesbaden. Nassauisches Landesmuseum
Place of PublicationWiesbaden
Year of Publication1937
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 358i
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
Show Literature
  • Maria Magdalena, before 1525

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