The Magdalen

Only a possible match with the National Gallery work cited or in fact a larger version thereof (compare measurements). The work appears twice in the Van der Doort inventory - in the King's Bedchamber, and then in conservation, WS 191, no 8.

Van der Doort c.1639

Correggio

Magdalen, standing and leaning, little full-length figure, which has been too much washed

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 36, № 10
Measurements (Van der Doort): 
1ft 6in x 1ft 3in (45.7 x 38.1cm)
Light: 
light from the left
Frame: 
black ebony frame
Room description extended: 
Placed "by Your Majesty's appointment"
Original Manuscript page number: 
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 49
Identification certainty: 
Possible
Sale Inventory c.1649-51

(Carracci [?])