Légende

Figure of St. Mary Magdalene, ca. 1480, Southern Germany. Hollow wall sculpture, height 115.0 cm, width 35.8 cm, depth 16.2 cm. St. Mary Magdalene depicted frontally, standing in slight contrapposto with head slightly tilted left. She holds a perfume box in her left hand and its lid in her right. The face has small delicate features and a high forehead, framed by a thick braid woven with a ribbon; a white shawl draped over her head falls to the left, covers the breast and is draped over the right shoulder. She wears a double gown: an over-dress of patterned golden fabric, short-sleeved, tied at the waist creating shallow radiating pleats; the under-dress originally dark red, now darkened is visible in the significantly flared sleeves. A cloak is draped over her left shoulder, its pleated tail draped over the front and held by the left hand, showing a green lining where folded back; on the right it forms deep, rather stiffly modeled semicircular and V-shaped folds. The tip of a shoe is visible between the folds forming the base of the sculpture., A carved wooden figure shown from the back against a gray background, with a long vertical metal rod leaning along its center; the figure has a rounded head or helmet-like shape and a flowing robe with visible carved texture and layered wood grain in shades of brown and tan, with areas of darker brown and some lighter beige; the wood surface shows worn and rough patches, small holes, and irregular edges, and there are a few small remnants of faded color in muted tones on the outer edges.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A00_096

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62.9Mo (1.9Mo) / 31.0cm x 50.8cm / 3665 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Figure St Mary Magdalene ca 1480 Southern Germany Hollow wall sculpture height 115.0 cm width 35.8 cm depth 16.2 cm depicted frontally standing slight contrapposto head slightly tilted left holds perfume box left hand lid right face small delicate features high forehead framed thick braid woven ribbon white shawl draped head falls covers breast draped right shoulder wears double gown -dress patterned golden fabric short-sleeved tied waist creating shallow radiating pleats under-dress originally dark red now darkened visible significantly flared sleeves cloak left shoulder pleated tail draped front held showing green lining folded back forms deep stiffly modeled semicircular V-shaped folds tip shoe folds forming base sculpture carved wooden figure shown back gray background long vertical metal rod leaning center figure rounded head helmet- shape flowing robe carved texture layered wood grain shades brown tan areas darker brown lighter beige wood surface worn rough patches small holes irregular edges small remnants faded color muted tones outer edges.