Lot Essay
The composition loosely follows that of Giampietrino’s half-length Mary Magdalene in the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.
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Property from the Arizona State University Art Museum Sold to Benefit Acquisitions and Direct Collections Care
FOLLOWER OF GIOVANNI PIETRO RIZZOLI, CALLED GIAMPIETRINO
Mary Magdalene
Details
FOLLOWER OF GIOVANNI PIETRO RIZZOLI, CALLED GIAMPIETRINO
Mary Magdalene
inscribed 'MELIVS EST SPERARE / IN IEHOVA / QVAM CONFIDERE / IN PRINCIPIBVS' (upper right)
oil on panel
28 ½ x 20 ½ in. (72.4 x 52.1 cm.)
Mary Magdalene
inscribed 'MELIVS EST SPERARE / IN IEHOVA / QVAM CONFIDERE / IN PRINCIPIBVS' (upper right)
oil on panel
28 ½ x 20 ½ in. (72.4 x 52.1 cm.)
Provenance
with O. Klein, New York.
Lewis J. Ruskin (1903-1981) and his wife, Lenore Ruskin Heavenrich, née Ginsburg (1920-1993), Scottsdale, by whom gifted in June 1969 to the Arizona State University Art Museum.
Lewis J. Ruskin (1903-1981) and his wife, Lenore Ruskin Heavenrich, née Ginsburg (1920-1993), Scottsdale, by whom gifted in June 1969 to the Arizona State University Art Museum.
Literature
N. Mao and D. Wolfthal, 'A newly discovered Penitent Magdalene by Giampietrino', Notes in the History of Art, Summer 2016, pp. 311-321, as Giampietrino.
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