PrintsFrench19th century

The Magdalene

19th century

Artists

Jean Baptiste Louis MassardArtist

Gerard SeghersArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Stipple engraving

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

Image: 39.1 × 27.6 cm (15 3/8 × 10 7/8 in.) Sheet: 42.7 × 28.2 cm (16 13/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, his sister, gift; to Harvard University, 1892

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