Hans Memling

Object category

Physical connection Reference in ‘composite artworks’: artworks that are/were connected, such as alterpieces, decorative pieces incorporated in panelling, and works of art that were intended to be displayed together, such as pendants and series.

interior of right wing of a triptych

Hans Memling, Drieluik met de rust op de vlucht naar Egypte (middenpaneel); de H. Johannes de Doper (binnenzijde linkerluik); de H. Maria Magdalena (binnenzijde rechterluik)
Hans Memling, H. Johannes de Doper (interior of left wing of a triptych)

The outsides of the exterior wings are in the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Support/medium

panel (oak), oil paint

Shape/dimensions

rectangle (portrait) with rounded upper side 48 x 16 cm

Current attribution: Hans Memling
Rejected attribution: Hugo van der Goes
when in the possesion of Nieuwenhuys
: Jan van Eyck
when in the collection of Lucien Bonaparte

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: c. 1479-80 (1479 - 1480)

Scott 1987

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Maria Magdalena
English title: Mary Magdalen
Genre: history (genre)
Keywords: New Testament and Apocrypha, female saint, ointment jar, full-length portrait, in a mountain landscape, castle, saint
Iconclass code Iconclass codes and text contain specific scenes and names. An Iconclass code or notation is a code from the multi-lingual Iconclass system for subject retrieval. For more information about this system, see www.iconclass.nl.: 11HH(MARY MAGDALENE)
the penitent harlot Mary Magdalene; possible attributes: book (or scroll), crown, crown of thorns, crucifix, jar of ointment, mirror, musical instrument, palm-branch, rosary, scourge

Artistically related to other work Such as a preparatory studie, comparable composition, other version, or copy of the artwork in this record.

represented in
Augustus Wijnantz, Voorstudie voor interieur van de Gotische Zaal in Paleis Kneuterdijk, Den Haag met het orgel en roosvenster
no. 9 right of the middle
represented in
Augustus Wijnantz, Interieur van de Gotische Zaal met de kunstcollectie van koning Willem II, paleis Kneuterdijk, Den Haag
On the right wall; with RKD images, no. 229653 in one frame
copied in print by
Abraham Lion Zeelander, Johannes de Doper / Maria Magdalena
with RKD images no. 229653

Collection(s)

private collection Lucien Bonaparte, Paris
as Van Eyck
- 1823 sold to Nieuwenhuys for King William II
private collection William II (King of the Netherlands), Brussels (Belgium)/The Hague (Netherlands)
acquired from Nieuwenhuys with no. 229653, 219064 and 219065 for 3,307 Hfl. or 7,000 francs
1823-04-20 - 1851-03-26 sold privately to the Louvre via Baron Fagel
Musée du Louvre, Paris , inv./cat.nr RF 1454
purchased for 5.500 HFL with RF 1453
1851-03-26 -

Auction(s)

Vries, Jeronimo de (The Hague (city)) 1850-08-12 - 1850-08-20, lotnr. 9

, bought in at 4,900 Hfl.; sold privately through Baron Fagel to the Louvre on 26/3/1851 for 5,500 HFL (with no. 8 in this sale)

Exhibitions

Willem II : kunstkoning Dordrechts Museum , Dordrecht (city) , 2014-03-05 - 2014-06-15 , p. 230, no. 128 (Lars Hendrikman), with RKD images nos. 218857 and 229653

Literature

Friedländer 1924-1937 , vol. 6, pt. I, nr. 17, pl. 56
Scott 1987 , p. 88-91
Hinterding e.a 1989 , p. 57, no. 9

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 1001691729)

External links: this artwork in the Louvre

Permalink: https://rkd.nl/explore/images/229654

Creation date: 2012-10-18; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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