print
- Museum number
- 1867,0309.1573
- Description
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Tondo with St Mary Magdalene head and shoulders lying clutching a skull, after Annibale Carracci
Engraving
- Production date
- 1818
- Dimensions
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Height: 103 millimetres
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Width: 116 millimetres (platemark)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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The lettering does not state which Carracci was thought to have made the painting, and the attribution to Annibale may well be wrong.
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The Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe owns a later state of this print (V 490), with the inscription completed. This is dated 1818, with a dedication by Luigi Bardi to the “Duchessa di Berwik ed Alba”. (Information kindly supplied by Sarah Massumi via email on 30 May 2016).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1867
- Acquisition notes
- The BM purchased at the sale from the prints sold in bundles rather than in individual lots. It bought lots 47, 106, 352 and 431 in their entirely. It also made selections from lots 1,2,3,5,11,49,50,75,93,107,108,115,116,162,358. It is not easy from the register to work out which prints belonged to which lot.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1867,0309.1573