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Saint Mary Magdalene

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Saint Mary Magdalene

Date:: late 15th century
Geography:: Made in probably Swabia, Germany
Culture:: German
Medium:: Limewood
Dimensions:: Overall: 48 1/2 x 17 x 11 5/8 in. (123.2 x 43.2 x 29.5 cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: The Cloisters Collection, 1963
Accession Number:: 63.13.1

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 010

Description

The calm, remote face and the broad sweep of drapery produce a serene nobility characteristic of sculpture made in the Swabian city of Ulm toward the end of the 15th century. The figure probably came from a large carved and painted altarpiece.
Provenance

[ Wolfgang Hofstätter , Vienna (sold 1963)]
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What
Sculpture (24,342)

Wood (7,727)

Statues (4,251)

Linden (108)
Where
Europe (150,372)

Germany (16,008)

Swabia (21)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (20,634)
In the Museum
The Cloisters (2,300)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Central Europe (including Germany), 1400–1600 A.D.
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