Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725, British, The Tomb of Mary Magdalene, 1690s
- Title:
The Tomb of Mary Magdalene
- Date:
- 1690s
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 × 11 7/16 inches (22.9 × 29.1 cm), Image: 8 5/8 × 11 3/8 inches (21.9 × 28.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "366"
Lettered, lower left: "B.Lens fe:"; lettered, lower center: "Mary . Magdelens . Toomb ."; lettered, lower right: "Sold by B.Lens between Bridewell Bridge & Fleet Bridge in Black Friers-"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.999
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arrow | bones | bust | cave | Christianity | flowers | men | monument | mountain | pillar | pool | relic | religious and mythological subject | skull (skeleton component) | statues | tomb | vines | visitors | women
- Associated People:
- Mary Magdalen, Saint
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22689
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Fancy Pieces - Genre Mezzotints by Robert Robinson & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1994-11-19 - 1995-01-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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