The Magdelene

Maker Unknown, German, 17th Century

Additional Title(s)

Mary Magdelene

ClassificationsSCULPTURE

Dateca. 1650 - 1699

Mediumboxwood

Dimensionsheight: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm.)

DescriptionThis wood sculpture portrays Mary Magdalene kneeling and crying. It was possibly part of a set of statuettes portraying the Crucifixion.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of the Ernst and Marta Silten-Friedberg Collection

Status

On view

Object number2007.17.14

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