1945.30: Saint Mary Magdalen

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1945.30

People

Andrea Vaccaro, Italian (1604 - 1670)

Title

Saint Mary Magdalen

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

17th century

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Campania, Naples

Culture

Italian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229250

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

102.87 x 77.47 cm (40 1/2 x 30 1/2 in.)
framed: 121.92 x 96.2 x 6.99 cm (48 x 37 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Yves Henry Buhler

Accession Year

1945

Object Number

1945.30

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1972), p. 207
• Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)
• Karen L. King, "Sacred Texts and Social Contexts", Harvard Divinity School Bulletin (spring 1999), vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 12-16, ill. p. 13

Exhibition History

• Ideal [Dis-] Placements: Old Masters at the Pulitzer, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 10/24/2008 - 10/03/2009
• 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/23/2019 - 05/13/2019

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