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Giovanni Francesco Penni - Martha and Mary Magdalene before Christ / M.

Giovanni Francesco Penni - Martha and Mary Magdalene before Christ / M.

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Print shows Martha presenting her sister Mary Magdalene to Jesus, who reaches his arm out to greet them. Several others are seated on the steps around Jesus.
Title provided by researcher 10/2017.
Alternate title from "The 'Pembroke' album of chiaroscuros : A revised list by Alan M. Fern and Karen F. Beall" in Shaw, Renata, Graphic Sampler. Washington : Library of Congress, 1979, p. 24.
Attributed to anonymous Italian after Marcantonio Raimondi (after Giulio Romano) Martha leading Mary Magdalene to Christ.
Former attribution from Graphic sampler: Anonymous, after G.F. Penni (earlier attributed to Raphael)
Print originally part of Pembroke album, no. 4.
Graphic sampler, pp. 10-28
Forms part of: Fine print filing series (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: "Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA., June - September 2018; at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., October 2018 - January 2019.

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01/01/1520
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Penni, Giovanni Francesco, approximately 1496-approximately 1528, artist
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Source

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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