Ascension of the Magdalene

Provenance

Private collection (sale, Sotheby's, London, 3 July 1980, no. 32a, and mentioned in the Introduction); NGA purchase (via Yvonne ffrench) in 1980.

Ascension of the Magdalene

Franceschini, Baldassare

late 1650s

Accession Number

1980.41.2

Medium

black chalk heightened with white on laid paper

Dimensions

Overall (approximate): 25 x 40 cm (9 13/16 x 15 3/4 in.) | support: 29.5 x 43.2 cm (11 5/8 x 17 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund