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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 983938, member: 5833"]Maybe a stipple engraving?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stipple_engraving" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stipple_engraving" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stipple_engraving</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is reminding me of what I went through trying to find the primary image behind a figure that I & nearly every other seller of cameos & auctioneer of paintings assumed was Mary Magdalen. There have been more than one painting sold over the years, so obviously copies, often described as being after Guido Reni or someone from his studio. A number of cameos, a number of paintings; image was fairly well known at one time. I looked at every image of the Magdalene I could find, made a special trip to the NYPL to consult the only book out there that tried to capture every extant Reni & looked at all the Mary Ms.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]205525[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]205531[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The one thing I did learn from my survey was that the figure I was looking for did not meet the conventions for the Penitent. She looks up, chin lifted, but eyes are not rolled back, head is not thrown back. Praying hands are steepled, not tightly clasped. In fact, who she looks most like is Reni's Immaculate Conception.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]205532[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I just couldn't settle for assuming it was Mary M. A couple of the cameos I have photos of have the top of an anchor showing behind her & the only painting I could find with a known author is titled '<a href="http://File source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gheorghe_Tattarescu_-_Speranta.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://File source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gheorghe_Tattarescu_-_Speranta.jpg" rel="nofollow">Hope</a>', even though the little museum where it lives says it is after a Reni Madonna. When I abandoned Mary & pursued Hope, I found her fairly quickly.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]205547[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The text on the print names Reni as the painter & La Chiesa di S. Pietro in Vincoli as its location. Absolutely cannot find a pic of the original anywhere on the Internet. You could say she's unknown, but maybe hiding in plain sight. Same church has Michelangelo's Moses; this is a minor treasure for them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Something of the sort is happening with this Murillo Magdalen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 983938, member: 5833"]Maybe a stipple engraving? [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stipple_engraving[/URL] This is reminding me of what I went through trying to find the primary image behind a figure that I & nearly every other seller of cameos & auctioneer of paintings assumed was Mary Magdalen. There have been more than one painting sold over the years, so obviously copies, often described as being after Guido Reni or someone from his studio. A number of cameos, a number of paintings; image was fairly well known at one time. I looked at every image of the Magdalene I could find, made a special trip to the NYPL to consult the only book out there that tried to capture every extant Reni & looked at all the Mary Ms. [ATTACH=full]205525[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]205531[/ATTACH] The one thing I did learn from my survey was that the figure I was looking for did not meet the conventions for the Penitent. She looks up, chin lifted, but eyes are not rolled back, head is not thrown back. Praying hands are steepled, not tightly clasped. In fact, who she looks most like is Reni's Immaculate Conception. [ATTACH=full]205532[/ATTACH] I just couldn't settle for assuming it was Mary M. A couple of the cameos I have photos of have the top of an anchor showing behind her & the only painting I could find with a known author is titled '[URL='http://File source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gheorghe_Tattarescu_-_Speranta.jpg']Hope[/URL]', even though the little museum where it lives says it is after a Reni Madonna. When I abandoned Mary & pursued Hope, I found her fairly quickly. [ATTACH=full]205547[/ATTACH] The text on the print names Reni as the painter & La Chiesa di S. Pietro in Vincoli as its location. Absolutely cannot find a pic of the original anywhere on the Internet. You could say she's unknown, but maybe hiding in plain sight. Same church has Michelangelo's Moses; this is a minor treasure for them. Something of the sort is happening with this Murillo Magdalen.[/QUOTE]
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