GOSSART, Jan
(b. ca. 1478, Maubeuge, d. 1532, Middelburg)

Lady Portrayed as Mary Magdalene

c. 1530
Oil on wood, 52 x 40 cm
Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

This painting is a copy of the original in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Until 1965, it was the opposite, the Boston painting was accepted as original. The direct comparison between the two at an exhibition in Rotterdam in 1965 left no doubt that the Boston painting was the superior work.




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