DrawingsItalian17th century

The Praying Magdalene

17th century

Artists

Cesare GennariArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk on gray-brown antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

16.7 × 14.1 cm (6 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles A. Loeser, Florence, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

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