The Penitent Magdalene (Magdalena Poenitens) from the series The Large Landscapes, ca. 1555–56, Etching with engraving; first state of two, sheet: 12 11/16 x 16 7/8 in. (32.3 x 42.8 cm), Prints, Johannes van Doetecum the elder (Netherlandish, active 1554–ca. 1600, died 1605), Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–72, died before 1589), After Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels), The figure of Mary Magdalene, the reformed and repentant prostitute, occupies but a small portion of the composition in this image, which was printed after a design by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Reclining under a lean-to of logs in the right foreground, the repentant saint is shielded from the grand alpine valley and mountainscape behind her
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Penitent Magdalene, Magdalena Poenitens, series, Large Landscapes, ca, 1555–56, Etching, engraving, first state, two, sheet, 12 11/16 x 16 7/8, 32.3 42.8 cm, Prints, Johannes van Doetecum the elder, Netherlandish, active, 1554–ca., 1600, died, 1605, Lucas Doetecum, 1554–72, died before, 1589, After Pieter Bruegel Elder, Breda, ca., 1525–1569, Brussels, figure, Mary, reformed, repentant prostitute, occupies, small portion, composition, image, printed, design, Pieter Bruegel, Elder, Reclining under, lean, logs, right foreground, saint, shielded, grand alpine, valley, mountainscape
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