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The penitent Magdalene Dolci, Carlo (painter)
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Title/s	The penitent Magdalene
Maker/s	Dolci, Carlo (painter) [ULAN info: Italian artist, 1616-1686]
Category	painting
Name	painting
School/Style	Italian
Technique Description	oil on canvas
Dimensions	height: 64.4 cm width: 52.7 cm
Date	circa 1650 to 1651
Provenance	bought: P. and D. Colnaghi and Co. Ltd 1966 (Filtered for: Paintings, Drawings and Prints) Bought from the funds of Mis I. M. E. Hitchcock's bequest fund, 1966
Inscriptions/Marks	Position: verso, on canvas Method: Content: IVBILEMUS DEO SALVTARI / NOSTRO / Qui Seminant in Lacrimis; / in exultatione metent / In conuere ... Psalmus 126; Description: seal Position: verso, on top member of stretcher Method: impressions in wax Content: a winged dragon rampant below a bearded, haloed head with wings Description: two similar impressions Position: verso, on top member of stretcher, between the above seal Method: Content: De Sig Mar..... Description: the rest of the inscription is concealed by the second seal, but evidence of previous ownership leads to the assumption that it should read 'Martelli' Position: verso, on left member of stretcher Method: red chalk(?) Content: il vero / penitent(e)[?o] / ogni / occhasio / ne / di pecchar / Figge / e / corre / all ora / Zione Position: verso, on right member of stretcher Method: red chalk(?) Content: 1650 / principiata / Ilgiorno di / Sua Festa / del 1651 ulti(ma) / giornata / in dipinger / il volto
Documentation	(2005) Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum, London: Scala [page: 58] McCorquodale, Charles (1976) Some paintings and drawings by Carlo Dolci in British Collections, Munich [page: 317, 320] Source title: Kunst des Barock in der Toskana Studien zur Kunst unter den letzten Medici ( [comments: fig. 4] Baldassari, Francesca (1995) Carlo Dolci, : Artema [page: 27, 111] [comments: fig. 81 (black and white)]
Accession Number	PD.4-1966 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints) (Reference Number: 921; Input Date: 2000-01-07 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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The penitent Magdalene

Dolci, Carlo (painter)