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Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:

Mary Magdalen at the Sepulchre

Additional Title(s):

The Magdalene at the Sepulchre

Date:
ca. 1805
Medium:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and gray ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (43.8 x 31.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in black ink, lower right, circled: "inv | WB"; in graphite, lower center: "W. Blake del"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1794
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
angels | Christianity | faith | halos | kneeling | men | religious and mythological subject | Resurrection of Christ | robes | sepulchres | shrouds | urns | veil | wings | woman
Access:
View by request in the Study Room
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7233
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Catherine M. Gordon, British paintings Hogarth to Turner, Frederick Warne, London, 1981, p. 5, ND466 G67 (YCBA)

Paul Mellon's Legacy, a passion for British art. [large print labels] , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, N5220 M552 +P381 2007, Mellon Shelf (YCBA)

William Blake, Tate Publishing, London, p. 94, cat. 71, NJ18.B57 M97 2019 (LC) Oversize (YCBA)


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