Sculpture

The Magdelene

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1650 - 1699
Accession number: 2007.17.14
Maker: Unknown, German, 17th Century(Opens in new tab) (German)
Dimensions: height: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm.)
Medium: boxwood
Description: This wood sculpture portrays Mary Magdalene kneeling and crying. It was possibly part of a set of statuettes portraying the Crucifixion.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of the Ernst and Marta Silten-Friedberg Collection
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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