Antwerp School, circa 1540/1550 - SAINT MARY MAGDALENE
Antwerp School, circa 1540/1550
SAINT MARY MAGDALENE
Oil on panel. 67.5 x 53 cm.
The half-length figure of the saint in front of a crucifix wearing only a transparent veil. The concept indicates an Antwerp workshop from the circle of Jan Massys.
Provenance
Private collection, North Germany.
Literature
For similar Antwerp paintings of this period cf. Max J. Friedländer: Die altniederländische Malerei. vol. 7. Quentin Massys, Leiden 1934, p. 132, no. 100, plate LXIX.