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Mary Magdalen Buying Ointment

Attributed to Paolo Gerolamo Piola Italian
1666–1724
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Object Information
  • Title: Mary Magdalen Buying Ointment
  • Artist: Attributed to Paolo Gerolamo Piola (Italian, Genoa 1666–1724 Genoa)
  • Date: 1666–1724
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
  • Dimensions: 7 3/4 x 6 11/16in. (19.7 x 17cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
  • Object Number: 80.3.471
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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