Benedetto Luti
The Ecstasy of Saint Mary Magdalene

ArtistItalian (Florentine), 1666–1724
CultureItalian
Titles
  • The Ecstasy of Saint Mary Magdalene
Datec. 1715–1719
MediumPen and ink and brown wash over traces of chalk, heightened with white on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 14 11/16 × 10 3/4 in. (37.3 × 27.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Jay Baker, Marcel Barone, James B. Tennant, and Kane C. Weiner at "One Great Night in November, 2010," in honor of their mothers
Object number2011.210
Non exposé

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ProvenanceJean-Luc Baroni, London; private collection, United States; [Shepherd Gallery, New York]; private collection, United States; private collection, Southern Germany; [Marco Pesarese, Munich, by 2010-2011]; purchased by MFAH, 2011.
Exhibition History"Visions of Saints," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 23, 2011—March 18, 2012.

"Vignettes: Masterworks on Paper 1520 to 1870," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 14—April 16, 2017.

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