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The Penitent Magdalen

Artist Boetius Adams Bolswert (Dutch, 1580–1633)

Artistafter Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1564–1651)

Dateabout 1650

Mediumetching and chiaroscuro woodcut on cream laid paper

Dimensionstrimmed within the platemark.: 14 x 9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineMrs. Kingsmill Marrs Collection

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Object number1926.170

Label TextAbraham Bloemaert’s pupil in Amsterdam, Bolswaert seems to have learned printmaking from his sons. This is one from a series representing fifty hermit saints, Sylva Anachoretica Ægypti Et Palæstinæ. Commissioned by the Rector of the Antwerp Jesuit College, Heribert van Rosweijde, the project reflects Bloemaert’s devout Catholicism. Also a Catholic, Bolswaert later built a successful career in Antwerp during the Counter-Reformation, when he and his brother Schelte engraved the designs of Pieter Paul Rubens.ProvenanceMrs. Kingsmill Marrs, Boston, MA

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