Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction

Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction

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The Property of a Gentleman

Artemisia Gentileschi

Mary Magdalen in meditation

Auction Closed

December 4, 07:09 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000,000 - 3,000,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The Property of a Gentleman 


Artemisia Gentileschi

Rome 1593–after 1654 Naples

Mary Magdalen in meditation


oil on canvas

156 x 117 cm.; 61⅜ x 46 in.

Private collection, Italy, since the beginning of the 20th century;

From whom acquired in 2005 by a private collector, Italy;

By descent to his daughter, 2007;

From whom acquired in 2023 by the present owner.  

P. Carofano, ‘Una Maddalena in meditazione tra Orazio e Artemisia Gentileschi’, in Atti delle Giornate di Studi sul Caravaggismo e il Naturalismo nella Toscana del Seicento, P. Carofano (ed.), Pontedera 2009, pp. 323–31, reproduced in colour figs 3 and 5 (detail) (as a collaborative work made by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi during a formative phase in her career and datable to around 1609).