# The Magdalen in Penance

By [Hendrick Goltzius](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/hendrick-goltzius.md>), 1585.

## Details

- Medium: engraving
- Collection: [Cleveland Museum of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-36a1fc18d246201d.md>)

[View collection record](<https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.34>)

- Categories: Print, Works on Paper
- Styles: [Northern Renaissance](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/northern-renaissance.md>)

## Image

![A kneeling woman prays beside a skull in a rocky landscape.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-36a1fc18d246201d-6b275f3af7b43043/full.jpg?v=2a28dbd6d30f72f3ca92f83ef65aa4cb74fffaeb27cf14b02e850351614b8678>)

## Sources & credits

- The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1920.34. Gift of Theodora Lyman. CC0 Open Access.
- Gift of Theodora Lyman
- Cleveland Museum of Art

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