Mary Magdalene, Jan Cossiers, circa 1650 (Baroque)
This "portrait" is of mary magdalene, meditating on a skull. After the deaths of peter paul rubens (1640) and anthony van dyck (1641), there remained several fine history painters in antwerp such as boeckhorst. This work should possibly be attributed to jan cossiers: see discussion of the mary magdalene at the netherlands institute for art history site. Object Type: painting. Genre: religious art. Date: circa 1650 (Baroque). Place of creation: Antwerp. Dimensions: height: 64.8 cm (25.5 in); width: 49.2 cm (19.3 in). Medium: oil on panel. Depicted People: Mary Magdalene. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Jan Boeckhorst - Mary Magdalene - Walters 37372