Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2011.

Magdalene in a Landscape

Artist Willem Van Mieris (Dutch, 1662-1747)

CultureDutch

Date1718

MediumOil on wood

Dimensions15 x 13 1/2 in. (38.1 x 34.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 21 x 19 x 2 in. (53.3 x 48.3 x 5.1 cm)

InscribedSigned and dated lower right: "W. van Mieris. Fc. Anno 1718"

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.476

Collections

European Art before 1945

Not on view

DescriptionThis is an oil on panel painting. A tree branch frames the painting, which depicts Mary Magdalene sitting at a clearing in the forest with devotional objects: a crucifix, a skull, and Hebrew script are some of the objects.

Label TextWillem van Mieris Dutch, 1662–1747 Magdalene in a Landscape, 1718 Oil on wood Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.476 ProvenanceAuction, D. Schorer, Middelburg, Holland, April 15, 1771 (no. 16); auction, N. de Bruyn, Leiden, May 10, 1774 (no. 34); auction, H. Twent, Leiden, August 11, 1789 (no. 30); auction, Leiden, April 30, 1791 (no. 28); collection Robert Hume, London, 1842; auction, J.G. Menzies and others, London, Feb. 25, 1905 (no. 27); auction, London, June 30, 1906 (no. 106); auction, Christie's, London, B.W. Vernon and others, Dec. 22, 1916 (p. 11, no. 60); Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition HistorySeveral auctions listed in the Provenance field (below). Published ReferencesJ. Smith. SUPPLEMENT TO THE CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ OF THE WORKS OF THE MOST EMINENT DUTCH, FLEMISH AND FRENCH PAINTERS. London. 1842: p. 73, no. 66. C. Hofstede de Groot. _Beschreibendes und Kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der Hervorragendsten Hollanischen Maler_. Vol. 10. London. 1928: p. 115, no. 36. Jefferson C. Harrison. "The Seventeenth Century in the North", _The Chrysler Museum Gallery Guide_. Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum. 1983: no. 9. Jefferson C. Harrison. _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, 1991. Page 63, plate 48.