A Lady Reading (Saint Mary Magdalene)

Oil on panelMaster of the Female Half-Lengths (Netherlandish, active about 1520–1540)/c. 1530

Description

A Lady Reading (Saint Mary Magdalene) is an internationally celebrated Oil on panel created by Master of the Female Half-Lengths (c. 1530). From the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Provenance

C. J. Nieuwenhuys, Apr. 20, 1823; sold to Willem, Prince of Orange, later King Willem II of the Netherlands (d. 1849), as Barend van Orley [Hinterding and Horsch 1989, p. 63]; sold, The Hague, to Christoph Rhaban Ru_hl, Cologne, 1850 [Hinterding and Horsch 1989, p. 63]; sold, J. M. Heberle, Cologne, May 15–18, 1876, no. 30, as Bernard van Orley, to Heinrich Vieweg (d. 1890), Braunschweig; sold, Rudolph Lepke, Berlin, Mar. 18, 1930, no. 44, to Julius Böhler, Munich [Friedländer 1935, reprinted 1975]; sold to Max Epstein (d. 1954), Chicago, 1930 [undated note in curatorial file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1954.

Dimensions

52.4 × 37.5 cm (20 5/8 × 14 3/4 in.)

Source

The Art Institute of Chicago

Movement / Period

sixteenth century

Accession No

80538

Official Citations

[The Art Institute of Chicago Official Record][Full Resolution Image]

Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Master of the Female Half-Lengths (Netherlandish, active about 1520–1540)

sixteenth century • Netherlands • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries

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