Current knowledge
© The National Gallery, London NG 2812
Probably by Antonio da Correggio
The Magdalen
Current measurements:
38cm x 30.5cm
Date:
1518-19
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 1639
Correggio
Magdalen, standing and leaning, little full-length figure, which has been too much washed
Sale Inventory c.1649-51
Walpole Society reference (1972):