The Magdalen anointing Christ's Feet in the House of Simon
Italian (North Italian) School
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1600
Materials
Pen and brown ink, sepia wash heightened with white on brown paper
Measurements
375 x 290 mm
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1251018
Summary
Pen and brown ink, sepia wash heightened with white on brown paper, The Magdalen anointing Christ's Feet in the House of Simon, Italian (North Italian) School, circa 1600. Inscribed on the former mount: Desegno de Paolo a Veronese mani propria [drawing by Paolo Veronese by his own hand].
Provenance
[Henry Bankes the Younger]1st set of Kingston Lacy Picture Bats, c.1800, North Parlour: “40. Mary Magdalen washing Christ’s feet by Paul Veronese.” [shown in diagrammatic hang – south wall, left corner, bottom register]; thence by descent; bequeathed by (Henry John) Ralph Bankes (1902 – 1981) together with the estates of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy and its entire contents
Credit line
Kingston Lacy, The Bankes Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Desegno de Paolo a Veronese mani propria (inscribed on the former mount)
Makers and roles
Italian (North Italian) School, artist