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St. Mary Magdalen Renouncing the Vanities of the World

Gérard Edelinck (French, 1640–1707)
After: Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690)
about 1665-1700

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 59.7 × 43.6 cm (23 1/2 × 17 3/16 in.)
Platemark: 54.7 × 40.3 cm (21 9/16 × 15 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4879
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
According to Le Blanc, this print represents Louise de La Vallière as Mary Magdalen.

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil 032, a state between ii/v and iii/v, with the four lines of verse but before the borderline on all four sides; IFF 355; Le Blanc 28
Marks Recto, bottom left, stamped in black ink, the mark of Alcide Donnadieu, London (c. 1797-1861); verso, bottom center, in pen and black ink, the mark of Alcide Donnadieu (not in Lugt); verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)