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Magdalen in the Desert

A work made of mezzotint on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of mezzotint on ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1800

Artist:

Attributed to Johann Joseph Freidhoff (German, 1768-1818)
or the style of Correggio (Italian, c. 1489-1534)

About this artwork

The handwriting on this sheet, possibly that of a print dealer, identifies it as a mezzotint by Johann Joseph Freidhoff after a painting by Correggio. However, the composition matches no known works by the Italian painter. Indeed, the dealer seems to have conflated this with another Magdalen by Freidhoff after Correggio that was catalogued without a reproduction in the 19th century. Although this print is stylistically close to Freidhoff’s signed works, it remains unclear whether the attribution is correct. The blank space at the bottom of the sheet suggests that the mezzotint is a proof printed before lettering and perhaps never published.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Johann Joseph Freidhoff

Title

Magdalen in the Desert

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1795–1805

Medium

Mezzotint on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 64.1 × 45.1 cm (25 1/4 × 17 13/16 in.); Sheet: 68.5 × 49 cm (27 × 19 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections

Reference Number

1922.5567

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