Skip to main content

Study for Mary Magdalene: 2182

An image of Drawing
View image details Mirador icon - view image Mirador deep zoom IIIF Manifest IIIF Manifest Slow looking

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Alternative views

An image of Drawing
An image of Drawing
Current Location: In storage

Titles

Study for Mary Magdalene

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Rubens, Peter Paul

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: P.H. Lankrink (1628-1692) (Lugt 2090); Sir J.C. Robinson (1824-1913) (Lugt 1433), his sale, Christie's, 14 May 1902, lot 336, bt. Hone-Murray; Ricketts and Shannon (Lugt 506a)

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 262 mm
Width: 402 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

School or Style

Flemish

Materials used in production

Charcoal

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( buff)

Techniques used in production

Drawing (image-making) : Charcoal on buff paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 114
  • Location: On the right
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: PP Rubens
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Graphite
  • Text: No.1
  • Location: Verso, on the left
  • Method of creation: Ink
  • Text: No 1. Vp65
  • Location: Verso, on the right
  • Method of creation: Ink

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 2182
Primary reference Number: 5107
Lugt: 2090
Lugt: 1433
Lugt: 506a

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 7 August 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Study for Mary Magdalene" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/5107 Accessed: 2025-12-06 01:42:43

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/5107 |title=Study for Mary Magdalene |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-06 01:42:43|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-5107

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp76/large_2182_201611_adn21_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Study for Mary Magdalene"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Study for Mary Magdalene</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo