Live Auction 7714Old Master & British Pictures
Christie’s roundel
Lot 66

Attributed to Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-1642)

The Penitent Mary Magdalene

Closed24 April 2009

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GBP 36,050

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Attributed to Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-1642)
The Penitent Mary Magdalene
oil on canvas
27 x 22½ in. (68.6 x 57.7 cm.)

Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret (1782-1863), painter, printmaker and designer (most notably of the Vendôme Column bas-reliefs), pupil of François-André Vincent and Jacques-Louis David, Bordeaux, and by descent.
Private collection, Paris.

Specialist note

This painting follows the composition first deployed by Guido Reni in an oil on copper now in the Château de Versailles (Louvre inv. no. 529).

This lot is sold with a copy of a certificate by Dr. D. Stephen Pepper, dated 31 October 1991, stating his view that it is a fully autograph work by Guido Reni of circa 1634-5, revising his opinion of 1984.